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

In this randomized, double-blind placebo controlled trial our objectives were to determine if acetazolamide is capable of preventing high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in trekkers traveling between 4250 m (Pheriche)\4350 m (Dingboche) and 5000 m (Lobuje) in Nepal; to determine if acetazolamide dec...

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Main Authors:	Basnyat, B, Hargrove, J, Holck, P, Srivastav, S, Alekh, K, Ghimire, L, Pandey, K, Griffiths, A, Shankar, R, Kaul, K, Paudyal, A, Stasiuk, D, Basnyat, R, Davis, C, Southard, A, Robinson, C, Shandley, T, Johnson, D, Zafren, K, Williams, S, Weiss, E, Farrar, J, Swenson, E
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2008

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

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