High Altitude Illness (Acute Mountain Sickness) for USMLE

[@alin146]

as a medical student and a professional climber i would like to say: thank you so much it was great and benefical

[@thestudyspot]

+Ali N Your Welcome! Keep Climbing!

[@jackpackage1467]

There some things I would like to bring up for discussion: - HACE is not a more severe form of AMS, it is an own entity, can occur on its own - if you want to put a prize tag on it, I'd say that HACE is the most severe form, at least the most lethal form of HAI - HACE has to be treated quickly, you have to descend immediately and residual symptoms can last for weeks to months - there is more and more evidence that almost any high altitude mountaineer developes cerebral edema to a certain point - this can be symptomatic, but doesn't have to be - it is more and more thought that HACE is rather a result of hypoxia of sensible neurons (especially cerebellum, corpus callosum) than of general edema Anyhow. It is a exiciting topic. Good lecture there !

[@eddiedillon3595]

Great video. I was hoping to find the mechanism by which the edema occurs. Does sodium get excreted with the bicarb in the bicarb diuresis which then leads to acute hyponatremia and edema?

[@acteuro03]

Great video, very informative, however there is two points I want to make: 1) Dexamethasone should never be given as a prophylactic for altitude sickness. It can mask the symptoms of HACE until its too late. Acetazolamide is a much better option as it assists/speeds up acclimatisation, but does not mask any symptoms. 2) Salmeterol is also great for treatment of HAPE

[@sofianetrifi9562]

Excellent presentation

[@Gurjeetsingh-li5mt]

How in HAPE less O2 do vasoconstriction and increase pulmonary arterial pressure? Please please please explain

[@dr_seshasai]

why azathioprine for prevention?Is it not acetazolamide??

[@doctoraqsa]

Yes, exactly!

[@HockeyGuy_in_STL]

29:07 Acetazolamide, NOT azathioprine.

[@CptRetro]

COVID-19 and HAPE?

[@mynnzero]

Good lecture, thank you!

[@thestudyspot]

+Muhaimin Noor Azhar Your Welcome

[@noreaction1]

What are your credentials to teach this? It was informative, thank you

[@adria8107]

you don't need credentials to make youtube videos smartass

[@eddiedillon3595]

Yeah but the guy can ask so that he knows that he’s getting accurate information geez smh

[@YogeshYogesh-ck9eq]

where is Acetazolamide

[@pruthviprajapati7352]

very bad audio.