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Emergency Care Journal, 2006 “Acute mountain sickness” is multifaceted syndrome comprising neurological and respiratory symptoms, that can arise in unacclimatised people ascending rapidly to high altitudes.
Chiara Tassan Din +1 more
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Contribution of Hypoxic Exercise Testing to Predict High-Altitude Pathology: A Systematic Review
Life, 2022 Altitude travelers are exposed to high-altitude pathologies, which can be potentially serious. Individual susceptibility varies widely and this makes it difficult to predict who will develop these complications.
Thomas Georges +5 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1987 Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a clinical syndrome occurring in otherwise healthy normal individuals who ascend rapidly to high altitude. Symptoms develop over a period ofa few hours or days. The usual symptoms include headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, unsteadiness of gait, undue dyspnoea on moderate exertion and interrupted sleep.
A D, Wright, R F, Fletcher
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Transcriptomic signatures of severe acute mountain sickness during rapid ascent to 4,300 m [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyBeth A Beidleman
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Hereditas, 2020 Background Acute mountain sickness has become a heavily researched topic in recent years. However, the genetic mechanism and effects have not been elucidated. Our goal is to construct a gene co-expression network to identify the key modules and hub genes
Yue Chang +6 more
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020 The hypoxia is the main cause of altitude sickness, that usually starts from the benign form - acute mountain sickness (AMS), that being untreated can progress to the life-threatening states, like high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude ...
Karol Mazur +4 more
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Drug Use on Mont Blanc: A Study Using Automated Urine Collection [PDF]
, 2016 Mont Blanc, the summit of Western Europe, is a popular but demanding high-altitude ascent. Drug use is thought to be widespread among climbers attempting this summit, not only to prevent altitude illnesses, but also to boost physical and/or psychological
Botre', Francesco +10 more
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Prediction of acute mountain sickness [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 Acute mountain sickness is a common problem when ascending above 3000 m.1 2 3 Attempts to predict its development have so far been unsuccessful, and the side effects of current prophylaxis limit its widespread use. We tried to develop a simple clinical method of prediction.
AUSTIN, D, SLEIGH, J
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Relationships Between Chemoreflex Responses, Sleep Quality, and Hematocrit in Andean Men and Women. [PDF]
, 2020 Andean highlanders are challenged by chronic hypoxia and many exhibit elevated hematocrit (Hct) and blunted ventilation compared to other high-altitude populations.
Anza-Ramirez, Cecilia +13 more
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Rhodiola crenulata extract for prevention of acute mountain sickness: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Rhodiola crenulata (R. crenulata) is widely used to prevent acute mountain sickness in the Himalayan areas and in Tibet, but no scientific studies have previously examined its effectiveness.
Chung-Hsien Chen +6 more
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