WebMD - Altitude Sickness http://www.webmd.com Explains causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. | |
Apex Altitude http://www.apex-altitude.com A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic | |
High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Current Concepts http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Abstract of a 1996 article summarizing the current state of HAPE research and treatment. | |
Altitude Illness http://ciwec-clinic.com Summary of prevention and treatment methods. | |
Altitude.org http://www.altitude.org Information about high altitude illness and physiology, and the home of the International HAPE Database - a registry of sufferers of high altitude pulmonary edema. | |
American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org Overview article with an informational handout for patients. | |
Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society http://www.bmres.org Site of a group of medical scientists studying the effects of altitude and the causes and management of acute mountain sickness. | |
Cerebral Syndromes http://www.emedicine.com Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE. | |
eMedicine Health - Mountain Sickness http://www.emedicinehealth.com Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. | |
Family Practice Notebook: High Altitude Sickness http://www.fpnotebook.com Outline of symptoms, prevention, and diagnosis for all altitude related illnesses. | |
Healthy Me http://www.ahealthyme.com Basic information, including a bibliography. | |
High Altitude Medicine and Biology http://www.liebertpub.com About the magazine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | |
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me) http://www.weasel.com Personal account of an experience with HAPE. | |
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) http://comspark.com Article on a personal experience with HAPE. | |
High-Altitude Medical Guide http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com Information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to destinations at altitude. | |
HypoMed Global Services http://www.hypomed.ch Information on Hypoytherapy/Hypoxytraining. About the annual international "Hypoxia in Medicine" conference. | |
Hypoxia http://www.hypoxia.net Information about the International Hypoxia Symposium including abstracts. | |
International Society for Mountain Medicine http://www.ismmed.org Altitude tutorial. Newsletter archive. About the World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. | |
Medex and Medical Expeditions http://www.medex.org.uk Information about and from this research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness. Newsletter archive and planned expedition information. | |
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy http://www.merck.com Chapter from the Merck Manual on altitude sickness covering causes, treatment, and prevention. | |