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Altitude sickness

Prevalence and risk factors for AMS: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xinzhu Liu, Lixia Tan, Zeng Ren, Xueyezi Bai, Shangyi Yong, Han Gao, Sang Ba, Lanzi Gongga

published 10 Apr 2026

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Influencing factors of sports tourism safety accidents in Tibet, China: fsQCA analysis based on the SCM

Kejun Wu, Aoxue Xing, Jingbo Zhou, Lihui Su, Sen Zhang, Shuanyan Yang

published 27 Oct 2025

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Mountain sickness in altitude inhabitants of Latin America: A systematic review and meta-analysis

J. Pierre Zila-Velasque, Pamela Grados-Espinoza, P. Alejandra Goicochea-Romero, Gustavo Tapia-Sequeiros, J. Enrique Pascual-Aguilar, Arturo J. Ruiz-Yaringaño, Shamir Barros-Sevillano, Jhon Ayca-Mendoza, Wendy Nieto-Gutierrez

published 24 Sep 2024

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The role of hypoxia related hormones responses in acute mountain sickness susceptibility individuals unaccustomed to high altitude

Bayan Fayazi, Vahid Tadibi, Kamal Ranjbar

published 05 Oct 2023

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Prevalence and knowledge about acute mountain sickness in the Western Alps

Marc Moritz Berger, Anika Hüsing, Nicolai Niessen, Lisa Maria Schiefer, Michael Schneider, Peter Bärtsch, Karl-Heinz Jöckel

published 14 Sep 2023

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Effect of acetazolamide on visuomotor performance at high altitude in healthy people 40 years of age or older—RCT

Aurelia E. Reiser, Michael Furian, Mona Lichtblau, Aline Buergin, Simon R. Schneider, Paula Appenzeller, Laura Mayer, Lara Muralt, Maamed Mademilov, Ainura Abdyraeva, Shoira Aidaralieva, Aibermet Muratbekova, Azamat Akylbekov, Ulan Sheraliev, Saltanat Shabykeeva, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Konrad E. Bloch

published 20 Jan 2023

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The changes of electroencephalography in mountaineers on Mount Jade, Taiwan: An observational study

Kuo-Song Chang, Yu-Hui Chiu, Wei-Fong Kao, Cheryl C. H. Yang, Chorng-Kuang How, Yen-Kuang Lin, Yuh-Shyan Hwang, Ding-Kuo Chien, Ming-Kun Huang, Terry B. J. Kuo

published 23 Nov 2022

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Ascent rate and the Lake Louise scoring system: An analysis of one year of emergency ward entries for high-altitude sickness at the Mustang district hospital, Nepal

Kapil Madi Poudel, Tika Ram Poudel, Neha Shah, Sunita Bhandari, Ramakanta Sharma, Anil Timilsina, Manab Prakash

published 27 Oct 2022

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Assessment of right atrial dyssynchrony by 2D speckle-tracking in healthy young men following high altitude exposure at 4100 m

Chunyan He, Hedong Xiang, Chuan Liu, Shiyong Yu, Jie Yang, Xiaohan Ding, Shizhu Bian, Jihang Zhang, Hu Tan, Jun Jin, Mingdong Hu, Chen Zhang, Rongsheng Rao, Lan Huang

published 18 Feb 2021

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Temporal transcriptome analysis suggest modulation of multiple pathways and gene network involved in cell-cell interaction during early phase of high altitude exposure

Priya Gaur, Supriya Saini, Koushik Ray, Kushubakova Nadira Asanbekovna, Almaz Akunov, Abdirashit Maripov, Akpay Sarybaev, Shashi Bala Singh, Bhuvnesh Kumar, Praveen Vats

published 10 Sep 2020

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The influence of hypoxia and prolonged exercise on attentional performance at high and extreme altitudes: A pilot study

Mirjam Limmer, Petra Platen

published 03 Oct 2018

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The relationship between anxiety and acute mountain sickness

Christopher J. Boos, Malcolm Bass, John P. O’Hara, Emma Vincent, Adrian Mellor, Luke Sevier, Humayra Abdul-Razakq, Mark Cooke, Matt Barlow, David R. Woods

published 21 Jun 2018

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Changes in balance and joint position sense during a 12-day high altitude trek: The British Services Dhaulagiri medical research expedition

Sarah B. Clarke, Kevin Deighton, Caroline Newman, Gareth Nicholson, Liam Gallagher, Christopher J. Boos, Adrian Mellor, David R. Woods, John P. O’Hara

published 17 Jan 2018

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