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  1. pdfNLM Technical Bulletin, no.93-104 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../nlmarchives/techbull/93-104-1977.pdf
    ... TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE C23 - Respiratory signs and symptoms: ANOXIA ALTITUDE SICKNESS ANOXEMIA APNEA CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION COUGH DYSPNEA DYSPNEA, ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Modern aspects of the circulation in health and disease 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger, 1923
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/38020750R
    ... of the various tissues, and the so-called symptoms of altitude sickness are either due to primary effects of oxygen ... an increase in arterial pressure occurs as the symptoms of altitude sickness develop. Upon physical exertion at subcritical elevations, the ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Advances in military medicine: advances in military medicine made by American investigators ... 
    Publication: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1948
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/32430610RX1
    ... from those to which workers in compressed air ALTITUDE DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS 319 His symptoms disappeared on returning to sea-level pressure. As ... occur in subjects who have previously had syncopal symptoms with decompression sickness at altitude. The severe post-flight shock can best be ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Physiological aspects of flying and maintenance of physical fitness 
    Publication: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, July 25, 1941
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/35721260R
    ... 24 AIR CORPS that of oxygen. Consequently, the symptoms of altitude sickness may occur even at sea level if the ... earth’s surface. j. A partial preventive of the symptoms and effects of 1owt pressure sickness at high altitude may be attained by the standard diving pro- ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Series 4, ... 
    Publication: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1955
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8209738X1
    ... 9.—Vohmianin, P. F. [Clinical aspect and practical diagnosis of altitude sickness in aviators at aero- dromes] Voen. san. delo, ...
  6. MedlinePlus Drug Information: Acetazolamide 
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682756.html
    ... used to reduce the severity and duration of symptoms (upset stomach, headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, drowsiness, and fatigue) of altitude (mountain) sickness. Acetazolamide is used with other medicines to reduce ...
  7. Acute mountain sickness 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000133.htm
    ... person can get to a lower altitude once symptoms begin. Some people are more prone to developing altitude-related sickness and may not respond as well as others.
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Aviation medicine in the A. E. F 
    Publication: Washington : Government Printing Office, 1920
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/35721330R
    ... long ago as 1590 d’Acosta de- scribed symptoms of high altitude sickness. The more exact scientific investigations of the conditions ... is the factor responsible almost entirely for the symptoms produced at high levels. Two forms of altitude sickness are known. The first is acute, characterized by ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Miscellaneous aviation medical matters 
    Publication: [London?] : Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, [1945?]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101708931
    ... of ~ 9,000 meters (29,850 feet) no symptom of altitude sickness*"' occurred* During descent from altitudes of 10,000 ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - A bibliographical sourcebook of compressed air, diving, and submarine medicine (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Washington, D.C. : Research Division, Project X-427, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, 1948-1966
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/59820860RX1
    ... ft. per minute and to remain at this altitude for 1 hour without symptoms of decompression sickness. 2545. Behnke, A. R., Jr. Employment of helium ...
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