Acute mountain sickness management: Case of Mount Kilimanjaro and review of literature [PDF]
, 2019 Background: High-altitude Illness is the collective term for all illnesses occurring at or during terrestrial elevations over 1500m, it encompasses acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral oedema (HACE) and High-altitude Pulmonary Oedema ...
Mbonile, L.
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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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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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Variants of the low oxygen sensors EGLN1 and HIF-1AN associated with acute mountain sickness. [PDF]
, 2014 Two low oxygen sensors, Egl nine homolog 1 (EGLN1) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1-α inhibitor (HIF-1AN), play pivotal roles in the regulation of HIF-1α, and high altitude adaption may be involved in the pathology of acute mountain sickness (AMS).
Huang, Lan +5 more
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Blood Coagulation Changes at High Altitude [PDF]
, 2014 The current concepts of blood coagulation changes in the pathogenesis of acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPO), high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) and chronic mountain sickness(CMS) which afflict the inductees and ...
Chohan, I. S.
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Physiology and Medicine at High Altitude: The Exposure and the Stress [PDF]
, 2018 Increase in altitude causes decrease in atmospheric barometric pressure that results in decrease of inspiredpartial pressure of oxygen, a source for stress and pose a challenge to climbers/trekkers or persons posted onhigh altitude areas.
Gurtoo, Anil
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Altitude sickness: Gingko biloba does not prevent altitude sickness
BMJ, 2003 EDITOR–Barry and Pollard say in their clinical review of altitude illness that gingko biloba may be more effective than placebo in preventing symptoms of acute mountain sickness.1 The PHAIT study, carried out …
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Exploring efficacy in personal constraint negotiation: an ethnography of mountaineering tourists [PDF]
, 2019 Limited work has explored the relationship between efficacy and personal constraint negotiation for adventure tourists, yet efficacy is pivotal to successful activity participation as it influences people’s perceived ability to cope with constraints, and
Adele Doran +9 more
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: its response to hypoxia and association with acute mountain sickness. [PDF]
, 2013 Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a common clinical challenge at high altitude (HA). A point-of-care biochemical marker for AMS could have widespread utility.
Begley, J +11 more
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