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Both tadalafil and dexamethasone may reduce the incidence of high-altitude pulmonary edema: a randomized trial.

Maggiorini M, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Peth S, Fischler M, Böhm T, Bernheim A, Kiencke S, Bloch KE, Dehnert C, Naeije R, Lehmann T, Bärtsch P, Mairbäurl H.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 3;145(7):497-506.PMID: 17015867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dexamethasone but not tadalafil improves exercise capacity in adults prone to high-altitude pulmonary edema.

Fischler M, Maggiorini M, Dorschner L, Debrunner J, Bernheim A, Kiencke S, Mairbäurl H, Bloch KE, Naeije R, Brunner-La Rocca HP.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 15;180(4):346-52. Epub 2009 Jun 11.PMID: 19520908 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence supportive of impaired myocardial blood flow reserve at high altitude in subjects developing high-altitude pulmonary edema.

Kaufmann BA, Bernheim AM, Kiencke S, Fischler M, Sklenar J, Mairbäurl H, Maggiorini M, Brunner-La Rocca HP.

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Apr;294(4):H1651-7. Epub 2008 Feb 29.PMID: 18310524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Summaries for patients. A comparison of medications used to prevent high-altitude pulmonary edema.

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Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 3;145(7):I28. No abstract available. PMID: 17015863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acute changes in pulmonary artery pressures due to exercise and exposure to high altitude do not cause left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

Bernheim AM, Kiencke S, Fischler M, Dorschner L, Debrunner J, Mairbäurl H, Maggiorini M, Brunner-La Rocca HP.

Chest. 2007 Aug;132(2):380-7. Epub 2007 Jun 15.PMID: 17573520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sildenafil increased exercise capacity during hypoxia at low altitudes and at Mount Everest base camp: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.

Ghofrani HA, Reichenberger F, Kohstall MG, Mrosek EH, Seeger T, Olschewski H, Seeger W, Grimminger F.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Aug 3;141(3):169-77.PMID: 15289213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of high altitude exposure on cerebral hemodynamics in normal subjects.

Van Osta A, Moraine JJ, Mélot C, Mairbäurl H, Maggiorini M, Naeije R.

Stroke. 2005 Mar;36(3):557-60. Epub 2005 Feb 3.PMID: 15692117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pathogenesis of high-altitude pulmonary edema: inflammation is not an etiologic factor.

Swenson ER, Maggiorini M, Mongovin S, Gibbs JS, Greve I, Mairbäurl H, Bärtsch P.

JAMA. 2002 May 1;287(17):2228-35. Erratum in: JAMA 2002 Sep 4;288(9):1064. PMID: 11980523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Platelet count and function at high altitude and in high-altitude pulmonary edema.

Lehmann T, Mairbäurl H, Pleisch B, Maggiorini M, Bärtsch P, Reinhart WH.

J Appl Physiol. 2006 Feb;100(2):690-4.PMID: 16421278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acetazolamide fails to decrease pulmonary artery pressure at high altitude in partially acclimatized humans.

Basnyat B, Hargrove J, Holck PS, Srivastav S, Alekh K, Ghimire LV, Pandey K, Griffiths A, Shankar R, Kaul K, Paudyal A, Stasiuk D, Basnyat R, Davis C, Southard A, Robinson C, Shandley T, Johnson DW, Zafren K, Williams S, Weiss EA, Farrar JJ, Swenson ER.

High Alt Med Biol. 2008 Fall;9(3):209-16.PMID: 18800957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hypoxic lung whiteout: further clearing but more questions from on high.

Swenson ER.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 3;145(7):550-2. No abstract available. PMID: 17015875 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Update on high-altitude pulmonary edema: pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment.

Stream JO, Grissom CK.

Wilderness Environ Med. 2008 Winter;19(4):293-303. Review.PMID: 19099331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of high-altitude pulmonary edema by nifedipine.

Bärtsch P, Maggiorini M, Ritter M, Noti C, Vock P, Oelz O.

N Engl J Med. 1991 Oct 31;325(18):1284-9.PMID: 1922223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Acute mountain sickness and high-altitude pulmonary edema. How to protect the mountain climber from the effects of the "altitude haze"]

Dehnert Ch, Schneider M, Mairbäurl H, Bärtsch P.

MMW Fortschr Med. 2003 Feb 20;145(8):33-5. German. PMID: 12661438 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nifedipine does not prevent acute mountain sickness.

Hohenhaus E, Niroomand F, Goerre S, Vock P, Oelz O, Bärtsch P.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Sep;150(3):857-60.PMID: 8087361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention and treatment of high altitude pulmonary edema by a calcium channel blocker.

Oelz O, Maggiorini M, Ritter M, Noti C, Waber U, Vock P, Bärtsch P.

Int J Sports Med. 1992 Oct;13 Suppl 1:S65-8.PMID: 1483797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Endothelial selectins in acute mountain sickness and high-altitude pulmonary edema.

Grissom CK, Zimmerman GA, Whatley RE.

Chest. 1997 Dec;112(6):1572-8.PMID: 9404756 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Pathophysiology, prevention and therapy of altitude pulmonary edema]

Oelz O, Maggiorini M, Ritter M, Noti C, Waber U, Vock P, Bärtsch P.

Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1992 Aug 4;122(31-32):1151-8. Review. German. PMID: 1496342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patent foramen ovale and high-altitude pulmonary edema.

Allemann Y, Hutter D, Lipp E, Sartori C, Duplain H, Egli M, Cook S, Scherrer U, Seiler C.

JAMA. 2006 Dec 27;296(24):2954-8.PMID: 17190896 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy of low-dose acetazolamide (125 mg BID) for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Basnyat B, Gertsch JH, Johnson EW, Castro-Marin F, Inoue Y, Yeh C.

High Alt Med Biol. 2003 Spring;4(1):45-52.PMID: 12713711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles