[Travelling to High Altitude Destinations after Recovery from COVID-19-infection: New Aspects of Medical Advice in Altitude Medicine].

[Travelling to High Altitude Destinations after Recovery from COVID-19-infection: New Aspects of Medical Advice in Altitude Medicine]. Pneumologie. 2020 Nov 05;: Authors: Grannemann JJ, Röper A Abstract After loosening of travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism to high-altitude destinations over 2500 metres is expected to increase again.In line with this trend, it can be expected that patients after recovery from COVID-19 infection will seek advice from specialists on altitude or travel medicine before travelling to high altitudes.Here, the physician on altitude medicine is faced with major challenges, as such a question has not been raised so far.In addition to the basics of altitude sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema, this article deals with the current studies on pulmonological pathologies and disease course of COVID-19 infections and, in accordance with the current state of knowledge, provides recommendations for advice in altitude medicine for patients after COVID-19 infection. PMID: 33152773 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pneumologie - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pneumologie Source Type: research