Mountain Medicine Information Center

 
Written for Non-Physicians
  Altitude
    Altitude Tutorial
    Working at High Altitude: Medical Problems, Misconceptions, and Solutions
A useful summary of altitude effects, written for astronomers by John B. West
 
Written for Physicians & Medical Scientists
  Altitude
   

Lake Louise Definitions
AMS Worksheet
AMS Worksheet with Nepali translations

  ISMM Consensus Guidelines
  Children at Altitude
    IKAR Mountain Medicine Guidelines
    UIAA Mountain Medicine Guidelines
    VI World Congress on Mountain Medicine (Xining, China 2004) Consensus Statement on Chronic and Subacute High Altitude Diseases
    Current Literature
   
Other Information
  Positions Available
     
ISMM Information-Gathering
    Sudden Death at Altitude Registry - please enter case report details here
    Children with Altitude Illness Registry - please enter case report details here

 
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Last modified 12 Apr 2009