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1: Gertsch JH, Basnyat B, Johnson EW, Onopa J, Holck PS. Links
  Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled comparison of ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for prevention of acute mountain sickness among Himalayan trekkers: the prevention of high altitude illness trial (PHAIT).
BMJ. 2004 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 15016642 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
2: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Pilgrimage medicine.
BMJ. 2002 Mar 23;324(7339):745. No abstract available.
PMID: 14768628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Marconi C, Marzorati M, Grassi B, Basnyat B, Colombini A, Kayser B, Cerretelli P. Related Articles, Links
  Second generation Tibetan lowlanders acclimatise to high altitude more quickly than Caucasians.
J Physiol. 2004 Feb 6 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 14766936 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
4: Tingay DG, Tsimnadis P, Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  A blurred view from Everest.
Lancet. 2003 Dec 13;362(9400):1978. No abstract available.
PMID: 14683658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Steadfast to the summit: living and climbing at altitude.
Natl Med J India. 2003 Sep-Oct;16(5):276-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 14680287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Basnyat B, Murdoch DR. Related Articles, Links
  High-altitude illness.
Lancet. 2003 Jun 7;361(9373):1967-74. Review.
PMID: 12801752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Basnyat B, Gertsch JH, Johnson EW, Castro-Marin F, Inoue Y, Yeh C. Related Articles, Links
  Efficacy of low-dose acetazolamide (125 mg BID) for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
High Alt Med Biol. 2003 Spring;4(1):45-52.
PMID: 12713711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Typhoid fever.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 20;348(12):1182-4; author reply 1182-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 12647736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Minimum pesticide list for the developing world.
Lancet. 2003 Jan 18;361(9353):259-60. No abstract available.
PMID: 12547570 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Mountain sickness.
Natl Med J India. 2002 Sep-Oct;15(5):294-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 12502145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Illness after international travel.
N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 12;347(24):1984; author reply 1984. No abstract available.
PMID: 12479200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Salmeterol for the prevention of high-altitude pulmonary edema.
N Engl J Med. 2002 Oct 17;347(16):1282-5; author reply 1282-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 12397660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Jansen GF, Kagenaar DA, Basnyat B, Odoom JA. Related Articles, Links
  Basilar artery blood flow velocity and the ventilatory response to acute hypoxia in mountaineers.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2002 Oct 23;133(1-2):65-74.
PMID: 12385732 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  It's OK, it's TB.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2002 Fall;13(3):218-20. No abstract available.
PMID: 12353601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Pulmonary extravascular fluid accumulation in climbers.
Lancet. 2002 Aug 17;360(9332):570; author reply 571-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 12241683 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Cumbo TA, Basnyat B, Graham J, Lescano AG, Gambert S. Related Articles, Links
  Acute mountain sickness, dehydration, and bicarbonate clearance: preliminary field data from the Nepal Himalaya.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2002 Sep;73(9):898-901.
PMID: 12234041 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Pleural tuberculosis in a Nepali trekker.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2002 Summer;13(2):129-30. No abstract available.
PMID: 12092965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
18: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  A developing country perspective.
Lancet. 2002 Jun 8;359(9322):2026. No abstract available.
PMID: 12076572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
19: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Neck irradiation or surgery may predispose to severe acute mountain sickness.
J Travel Med. 2002 Mar-Apr;9(2):105. No abstract available.
PMID: 12044281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
20: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Delirium at high altitude.
High Alt Med Biol. 2002 Spring;3(1):69-71.
PMID: 12006167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
21: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Acetazolamide for tourists to Lhasa.
Wilderness Environ Med. 1998 Fall;9(3):191. No abstract available.
PMID: 11990190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
22: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Seizure and hemiparesis at high-altitude outside the setting of acute mountain sickness.
Wilderness Environ Med. 1997 Nov;8(4):221-2.
PMID: 11990167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
23: Basnyat B, Litch J. Related Articles, Links
  Another patient with neck irradiation and increased susceptibility to acute mountain sickness.
Wilderness Environ Med. 1997 Aug;8(3):176. No abstract available.
PMID: 11990158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
24: Basnyat B, Litch JA. Related Articles, Links
  Medical problems of porters and trekkers in the Nepal Himalaya.
Wilderness Environ Med. 1997 May;8(2):78-81.
PMID: 11990146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
25: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Scientific English for non-English speakers.
Lancet. 2002 Mar 9;359(9309):896. No abstract available.
PMID: 11897325 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
26: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Short stay at high altitude: risk factor for thrombosis.
Natl Med J India. 2001 Nov-Dec;14(6):379. No abstract available.
PMID: 11804373 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
27: Basnyat B, Zimmerman MD, Shrestha Y, Scott RM, Endy TP. Related Articles, Links
  Persistent Japanese encephalitis in Kathmandu: the need for immunization.
J Travel Med. 2001 Sep-Oct;8(5):270-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 11703912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
28: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  High-altitude illness.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Oct 25;345(17):1279; author reply 1280-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 11680462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
29: Basnyat B, Cumbo TA, Edelman R. Related Articles, Links
  Infections at high altitude.
Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Dec 1;33(11):1887-91. Epub 2001 Oct 19. Review.
PMID: 11668431 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
30: Basnyat B, Schepens B. Related Articles, Links
  The burden of the Himalayan porter.
High Alt Med Biol. 2001 Summer;2(2):315-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 11443014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
31: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Isolated facial and hypoglossal nerve palsies at high altitude.
High Alt Med Biol. 2001 Summer;2(2):301-3.
PMID: 11443010 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
32: Basnyat B, Graham L, Lee SD, Lim Y. Related Articles, Links
  A language barrier, abdominal pain, and double vision.
Lancet. 2001 Jun 23;357(9273):2022. No abstract available.
PMID: 11438136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
33: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Seizures at high altitude in a patient on antiseizure medications.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2001 Summer;12(2):153-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 11434491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
34: Graham LE, Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Cerebral edema in the Himalayas: too high, too fast!
Wilderness Environ Med. 2001 Spring;12(1):62. No abstract available.
PMID: 11294557 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
35: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Hypobaric hypoxia.
Lancet. 2001 Mar 24;357(9260):956. No abstract available.
PMID: 11289368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
36: Basnyat B, Cumbo TA, Edelman R. Related Articles, Links
  Acute medical problems in the Himalayas outside the setting of altitude sickness.
High Alt Med Biol. 2000 Fall;1(3):167-74. Review.
PMID: 11254226 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
37: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Letter from Dolpa.
High Alt Med Biol. 2001 Spring;2(1):71-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 11252701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
38: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  High-altitude emergency medicine.
Lancet. 2000 Dec;356 Suppl:s1. No abstract available.
PMID: 11191464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
39: Basnyat B, Scott RM. Related Articles, Links
  Update in hepatology.
Ann Intern Med. 2000 Nov 7;133(9):747. No abstract available.
PMID: 11074915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
40: Basnyat B, Sill D, Gupta V. Related Articles, Links
  Myocardial infarction or high-altitude pulmonary edema?
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Fall;11(3):196-8.
PMID: 11055567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 
41: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  North and South: bridging the information gap.
Lancet. 2000 Sep 16;356(9234):1036. No abstract available.
PMID: 11041435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
42: Jansen GF, Krins A, Basnyat B, Bosch A, Odoom JA. Related Articles, Links
  Cerebral autoregulation in subjects adapted and not adapted to high altitude.
Stroke. 2000 Oct;31(10):2314-8.
PMID: 11022056 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
43: Basnyat B, Pokhrel G, Ferguson G. Related Articles, Links
  Tropical sprue as a cause of traveler's diarrhea.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Summer;11(2):140-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 10921367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
44: Basnyat B, Subedi D, Sleggs J, Lemaster J, Bhasyal G, Aryal B, Subedi N. Related Articles, Links
  Disoriented and ataxic pilgrims: an epidemiological study of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema at a sacred lake at 4300 m in the Nepal Himalayas.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Summer;11(2):89-93.
PMID: 10921358 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
45: Goodman T, Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  A tragic report of probable high-altitude pulmonary edema in the Himalayas: preventive implications.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Summer;11(2):99-101.
PMID: 10921360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
46: Basnyat B, Sleggs J, Spinger M. Related Articles, Links
  Seizures and delirium in a trekker: the consequences of excessive water drinking?
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Spring;11(1):69-70. No abstract available.
PMID: 10731911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
47: Basnyat B, Pokhrel G, Cohen Y. Related Articles, Links
  The Japanese need travel vaccinations.
J Travel Med. 2000 Jan;7(1):37.
PMID: 10689240 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
48: Basnyat B, Savard GK, Zafren K. Related Articles, Links
  Trends in the workload of the two high altitude aid posts in the Nepal Himalayas.
J Travel Med. 1999 Dec;6(4):217-22.
PMID: 10575168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
49: Basnyat B, Lemaster J, Litch JA. Related Articles, Links
  Everest or bust: a cross sectional, epidemiological study of acute mountain sickness at 4243 meters in the Himalayas.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Sep;70(9):867-73.
PMID: 10503751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
50: Basnyat B, Zimmerman M, Sleggs J, Vaidhya H. Related Articles, Links
  Jhum-jhum is a symptom.
Lancet. 1999 Jun 12;353(9169):2074. No abstract available.
PMID: 10376649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
51: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  High-altitude cerebral edema.
JAMA. 1999 May 19;281(19):1794; author reply 1795. No abstract available.
PMID: 10340362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
52: Basnyat B, Pokhrel G. Related Articles, Links
  The firing of Dr Lundberg.
JAMA. 1999 May 19;281(19):1791. No abstract available.
PMID: 10340353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
53: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Mixed malaria infection.
J Travel Med. 1999 Mar;6(1):50-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 10071374 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
54: Jansen GF, Krins A, Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Cerebral vasomotor reactivity at high altitude in humans.
J Appl Physiol. 1999 Feb;86(2):681-6.
PMID: 9931208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
55: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Death due to diphtheria.
J Travel Med. 1998 Jun;5(2):101. No abstract available.
PMID: 9925431 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
56: Basnyat B, Shrestha Y. Related Articles, Links
  Travel medicine and Sherlock Holmes.
J Travel Med. 1998 Mar;5(1):42-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 9917180 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
57: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Fatal grand mal seizure in a Dutch trekker.
J Travel Med. 1998 Dec;5(4):221-2.
PMID: 9876200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
58: Basnyat B, Sherpa N, Basyal G, Adhirikari P. Related Articles, Links
  Children in the mountains. Advice given was too conservative.
BMJ. 1998 Aug 22;317(7157):540. No abstract available.
PMID: 9712616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
59: Fiorina A, Legnani D, Fasano V, Cogo A, Basnyat B, Passalacqua G, Scordamaglia A. Related Articles, Links
  Pollen, mite and mould samplings by a personal collector at high altitude in Nepal.
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 1998 Mar-Apr;8(2):85-8.
PMID: 9615300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
60: Basnyat B. Related Articles, Links
  Costs of amphotericin B lipid complex for kala-azar.
Ann Intern Med. 1998 Feb 15;128(4):326. No abstract available.
PMID: 9471948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 
61: Cogo A, Basnyat B, Legnani D, Allegra L. Related Articles,