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Cardiac remodelling in the highest city in the world: Effects of altitude and chronic mountain sickness.

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2022
AIMS A unique Andean population lives in the highest city of the world (La Rinconada, 5,100  m, Peru) and frequently develops a maladaptive syndrome, termed chronic mountain sickness (CMS).
S. Doutreleau, M. Ulliel-Roche, I. Hancco, S. Bailly, L. Oberholzer, P. Robach, J. Brugniaux, A. Pichon, E. Stauffer, E. Perger, G. Parati, S. Vergès   +11 more
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Evaluation of the Lake Louise Score for Acute Mountain Sickness and Its 2018 Version in a Cohort of 484 Trekkers at High Altitude

High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2021
Richalet, Jean-Paul, Chantal Julia, and François J. Lhuissier. Evaluation of the Lake Louise Score for acute mountain sickness and its 2018 version in a cohort of 484 trekkers at high altitude. High Alt Med Biol. 22:353–361, 2021.
J. Richalet, C. Julia, François J Lhuissier   +2 more
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Altitude illnesses

Nature Reviews Disease Primers
H. Gatterer, F. Villafuerte, S. Ulrich, Sanjeeb S Bhandari, Linda E. Keyes, Martin Burtscher   +5 more
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EPAS1 and EGLN1 associations with high altitude sickness in Han and Tibetan Chinese at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases, 2012
N. Buroker, X. Ning, Zhao-nian Zhou, Kui Li, W. Cen, Xiu-Feng Wu, Wei-zhong Zhu, C. Scott, Shi-han Chen   +8 more
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High Altitude and Acute Mountain Sickness and Changes in Circulating Endothelin-1, Interleukin-6, and Interleukin-17a

High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 2016
C. Boos, D. Woods, A. Varias, Sheryl Biscocho, P. Heseltine, A. Mellor   +5 more
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Altitude Sickness Prevention with Ibuprofen Relative to Acetazolamide.

American Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Acute mountain sickness is a common occurrence for travel to high altitudes. Although previous studies of ibuprofen have shown efficacy for the prevention of acute mountain sickness, recommendations have been limited, as ibuprofen has not been
P. Burns, G. Lipman, K. Warner, C. Jurkiewicz, C. Phillips, L. Sanders, Mario Soto, P. Hackett   +7 more
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Altitude, Acute Mountain Sickness, and Acetazolamide: Recommendations for Rapid Ascent

High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2020
Toussaint, Claudia M., Robert W. Kenefick, Frank A. Petrassi, Stephen R. Muza, and Nisha Charkoudian. Altitude, acute mountain sickness, and acetazolamide: recommendations for rapid ascent. High Alt Med Biol. 22:5–13, 2021.
Claudia M Toussaint, R. Kenefick, Frank A. Petrassi, S. Muza, N. Charkoudian   +4 more
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SPECULATIONS ON ALTITUDE SICKNESS

The Lancet, 1943
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Altitude sickness.

Clinical evidence, 2005
Up to half of people who ascend to heights above 2500 m may develop acute mountain sickness, pulmonary oedema, or cerebral oedema, with the risk being greater at higher altitudes, and with faster rates of ascent.We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of interventions to prevent, and ...
Marc Moritz, Berger, Peter, Bärtsch
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Interstitial Pulmonary Edema Assessed by Lung Ultrasound on Ascent to High Altitude and Slight Association with Acute Mountain Sickness: A Prospective Observational Study

High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2019
Background: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common disease that may have a pulmonary component, as suggested by interstitial pulmonary edema quantified by the B-line score (BLS) on ultrasound (US).
C. Alsup, G. Lipman, D. Pomeranz, R. Huang, P. Burns, N. Juul, C. Phillips, C. Jurkiewicz, M. Cheffers, K. Evans, Anirudh Saraswathula, Peter Baumeister, Lucinda Lai, Jessica Rainey, V. Lobo   +14 more
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