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High altitude cerebral edema
High altitude cerebral edema: Introduction
A type of altitude sickness affecting the brain that is serious and potentially fatal. Exposure to high altitudes, leaking fluid causes the brain tissue to swell. Anyone displaying symptoms of the condition should immediately descend to lower altitudes and seek medical attention.
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High altitude cerebral edema: Rare Types
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Causes of High altitude cerebral edema
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- Cry, high-pitched [Cerebral cry] (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
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- Cry, high-pitched [Cerebral cry] (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Avoid overaggressively correctinghypernatremia as this can put your patient at risk for cerebral edema, convulsions, coma, and death (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Remember that the persistence of primitive reflexes is a sign that there is damage to the central nervoussystem (CNS), specifically, a lack of high-level control necessitating a workup for cerebral palsy (CP) (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
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