We report a case of a porter who presented with acute dyspnea during an expedition in Nepal at 5000 m above sea level. We present the difficulties involved in making the correct diagnosis in this patient under austere conditions and discuss the difficult decisions that must be made in caring for such a patient.
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1 December 2005
Difficult Decisions at Altitude: The Management of an Acutely Dyspneic Porter at 5000 Meters
Fionn Bellis,
Richard Parris,
Douglas Thake,
Paul Richards
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Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Vol. 16 • No. 4
December 2005
Vol. 16 • No. 4
December 2005
altitude
alveolar gas equation
dyspnea
ethics
expedition medicine