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High-altitude sickness

Bihl G, Meyers A 2001 Recurrent renal stone disease — advances in pathogenesis and clinical management. Lancet 358 651-656 Brater D C 1998 Diuretic therapy. New England Journal of Medicine 339 387-395 Dumont L, Mardirosoff C, Tramer MR 2000 Efficacy and harm of pharmacological prevention of acute mountain sickness quantitative review. British Medical Journal 321 267-272 Hackett P H, Roach R C 2001 High-altitude sickness. [Pg.546]

C. Clinical Uses The major application of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors is in the treatment of glaucoma. Acetazolamide must be administered orally, but topical analogs are now available (dorzolamide, brinzolamide) for use in the eye. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors are also used to prevent acute mountain (high-altitude) sickness. These agents are used for their diuretic effect only if edema is accompanied by significant metabolic alkalosis. [Pg.148]

A drug that is useful in glaucoma and high-altitude sickness is... [Pg.153]

What causes high-altitude sickness, and what is high-altitude acclimatization ... [Pg.1002]

Astronauts incur the risk of high altitude sickness. [Pg.708]

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