Hermann Brugger

    (President of the International Society of Mountain Medicine，Head of Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine)

    Journal of High Altitude Medicine Editorial Acute or chronic mountain sickness，what′s the greater challenge?

    Hermann Brugger

    (President of the International Society of Mountain Medicine，Head of Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine)

    High altitude Acute mountain sickness Chronic mountain sickness Emergency medicine

    Acute and chronic effects of hypobaric hypoxia on the health of individuals moving from lowlands to high altitude，or those permanently resident at high altitude，have been investigated over decades.However，the risk awareness of these affected populations and the respective relation between studies pertaining to acute and chronic altitude illnesses seem to be unbalanced.

    Acute altitude illnesses ......