High Altitude Retinopathy in Mountain Climbers
| Autor: | Kenneth C. Swan, William T. Shults |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity Hallucinations genetic structures Fundus Oculi Argentina Visual Acuity Poison control Brain Edema Hemiplegia Pulmonary Edema Altitude Sickness chemistry.chemical_compound Altitude Ophthalmology medicine Humans Hypoxia Scotoma Altitude sickness Mountaineering business.industry High altitude retinopathy Retinal Hemorrhage Retinal Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Surgery chemistry Climbing Ataxia Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Ophthalmology. 93:404-408 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archopht.1975.01010020418003 |
| Popis: | Retinal hemorrhages appear to be a frequent, though often unappreciated, occurrence in unacclimated climbers experiencing prolonged exposure to altitudes above approximately 3,658 meters (12,000 ft), heights frequently attained by American moutaineers. This condition has not received attention in the ophthalmologic literature, though several reports of retinal and vitreous hemorrhages have appeared in nonophthalmologic journals. Of six surviving members of a climbing expedition of Mt. Aconcagua, four had retinal hemorrhages. Two had permanently disturbed vision with paracentral scotomas plotted on a tangent screen. |
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