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Letter to the editor
Management of diabetes at high altitude
  1. J Admetlla,
  2. C Leal,
  3. A Ricart
  1. Institut d'Estudis de Medicina de Muntanya Barcelona, Spain cleal@eic.ictnet.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.35.4.282-a

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    Editor,—In response to the leader of Moore et al,1 we would like to report the results obtained in eight type I diabetic mountaineers who ascended the Aconcagua (6950 m)2 without any significant medical problems. The only climber unable to make the summit, because of a problem not related to diabetes, reached 6700 m.

    None of the climbers took any drugs to prevent acute mountain sickness (AMS) because of the possible …

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