Barometric pressure falls with increasing altitude and consequently there is a reduction in
the partial pressure of oxygen resulting in a hypoxic challenge to any individual ascending …

Background Acute high altitude illness is defined as a group of cerebral and pulmonary
syndromes that can occur during travel to high altitudes. It is more common above 2500 …

Introduction: The physiological responses on exposure to high altitude are relatively well
known, but new discoveries are still being made, and novel prevention and treatment …

High-altitude headache is one of many neurological symptoms associated with the ascent to
high altitudes. Cellular hypoxia due to decreased barometric pressure seems to be the …

Abstract Donegani, Enrico, Peter Paal, Thomas Küpper, Urs Hefti, Buddha Basnyat, Anna
Carceller, Pierre Bouzat, Rianne van der Spek, and David Hillebrandt. Drug use and misuse …

The objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of gabapentin for the treatment of
hemicrania continua (HC) in cases where patients had difficulty tolerating indomethacin due …

Background: High-altitude headache (HAH) is a hypobaric hypoxia-induced symptom that is
commonly experienced by newcomers to high-altitude areas. Objective: To assess the …

This chapter summarises advances made over the last 12 years regarding our
understanding of the pathophysiology and its clinical implications in acute mountain …

Abstract Objective. Gabapentin (GBP), originally an antiepileptic drug, is more commonly
used in the treatment of pain, including headache disorders. Off-label GBP is used in …

Objective: Patients with chronic daily headache (CDH) suffer from several significant
psychiatric comorbidities and have unhealthy lifestyle. We aimed at studying psychiatric …