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Sports Medicine and Health Science, 2021 Areas at high-altitude, annually attract millions of tourists, skiers, trekkers, and climbers. If not adequately prepared and not considering certain ascent rules, a considerable proportion of those people will suffer from acute mountain sickness (AMS ...
Martin Burtscher +2 more
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Respiratory parameters at varied altitudes in intermittent mining work [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: Workers in the mining industry in altitude are subjected to several risk factors, e.g., airborne silica and low barometric pressure. The aim of this study has been to assess the risks for this work category, evaluating single risk factors as ...
Bacaloni, Alessandro +4 more
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Journal of Physiological Sciences, 2013 Mountain sickness (MS) occurs among humans visiting or inhabiting high altitude environments. We conducted genetic analyses of seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of VEGFA gene for lowland (Han) and highland (Tibetan ...
N. Buroker +8 more
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Cerebral hemodynamic characteristics of acute mountain sickness upon acute high-altitude exposure at 3,700 m in young Chinese men. [PDF]
, 2014 PURPOSE: We aimed at identifying the cerebral hemodynamic characteristics of acute mountain sickness (AMS). METHODS: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) sonography examinations were performed between 18 and 24 h after arrival at 3,700 m via plane from 500 m (n ...
Bian, Shi-Zhu +8 more
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BMJ Open, 2017 Objectives The aim of the present study was to estimate the incidence of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and address the changes in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) and heart rate (HR) in native Tibetans who reascend to the high-altitude city of Lhasa ...
Gonggalanzi +8 more
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Obesity as a Conditioning Factor for High-Altitude Diseases
Obesity Facts, 2017 Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, has become a major health burden because it is usually accompanied by an increased risk for insulin resistance, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and even some kinds of cancer.
Rocío San Martin +3 more
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Circulating miRNAs from Dried Blood Spots are Associated with High Altitude Sickness
, 2013 Circulating miRNAs isolated from dried blood spots (DBS) were found to be associated with high altitude sickness (HAS) patients in Tibet. HAS arises from two different diseases which are acute (AMS) and chronic (CMS) mountain sickness. Circulating miRNAs
N. Buroker +8 more
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Iranian hospitality: a hidden treasure [PDF]
, 2007 After making many field trips to the Islamic Republic of Iran Kevin O'Gorman reflects on the origins of Islamic and Iranian hospitality before highlighting some of the operational complexities of running the one of the highest hotels in the ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2018 Acute high-altitude cerebral edema can occur in an unacclimatised individual on exposure to high altitudes and sometimes it can be fatal. Here we have described the neuroimaging features of a patient who suffered from fatal high altitude cerebral edema ...
Gorky Medhi +2 more
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Atypical neurological symptoms at high altitude: a systematic literature review
Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition affecting individuals who participate in high-altitude journeys, mostly above 2500 m.
Wiktor Łagowski +2 more
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