Con: Corticosteroids Are Useful in the Management of HAPE

High Alt Med Biol. 2015 Sep;16(3):190-2. doi: 10.1089/ham.2015.0071. Epub 2015 Aug 25.

Authors

Heimo Mairbäurl^{1

2}, Emel Baloglu³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Medical Clinic VII, Sports Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg , Germany .
² 2 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, German Center for Lung Research , Heidelberg, Germany .
³ 3 Department of Pharmacology, Acibadem University , Istanbul, Turkey .

PMID: 26305280
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0071

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Altitude
Altitude Sickness / drug therapy*
Dexamethasone / adverse effects*
Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy*

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Dexamethasone

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary edema of mountaineers