Letter to the Editor: Preacclimatization for Expeditions to Extreme Altitude: An Opinion Position from the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme Medical Commission

High Alt Med Biol. 2020 Sep;21(3):303-304. doi: 10.1089/ham.2020.0029. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Authors

Matthias P Hilty^{1

2}, Urs Hefti^{1

3}, Hermann Brugger^{1

4}, Pierre Bouzat^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ For the UIAA Medical Commission, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Swiss Sportclinic, Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Grenoble Alps Trauma Centre, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France.

PMID: 32302495
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2020.0029

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Altitude
Expeditions*
Mountaineering*