No relevant analogy between COVID-19 and acute mountain sickness
Berger, Marc Moritz, Peter H. Hackett, and Peter Bärtsch. No relevant analogy between COVID-19 and acute mountain sickness. High Alt Med Biol. 21:315-318, 2020.—Clinicians and scientists have suggested therapies for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) that are known to be effective for other medical...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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December 2020
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High altitude medicine & biology
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 315-318 |
| ISSN: | 1557-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/ham.2020.0147 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2020.0147 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ham.2020.0147 
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| Author Notes: | Marc Moritz Berger, Peter H. Hackett, and Peter Bärtsch |
| Summary: | Berger, Marc Moritz, Peter H. Hackett, and Peter Bärtsch. No relevant analogy between COVID-19 and acute mountain sickness. High Alt Med Biol. 21:315-318, 2020.—Clinicians and scientists have suggested therapies for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) that are known to be effective for other medical conditions. A recent publication suggests that pathophysiological mechanisms underlying acute mountain sickness (a syndrome of nonspecific neurological symptoms typically experienced by nonacclimatized individuals at altitudes >2500 m) may overlap with the mechanisms causing COVID-19. In this short review, we briefly evaluate this mistaken analogy and demonstrate that this concept is not supported by scientific evidence. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1557-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/ham.2020.0147 |