Prevalence of Acute Mountain Sickness at 3500 m Within and Between Families: A Prospective Cohort Study

Susi Kriemler; Flavia Buergi; Christian Wick; Birgit Wick; Melanie Keller; Urs Wiget; Christian Schindler; Beat A. Kaufmann; Malcolm Kohler; Konrad Bloch; Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca

doi:10.1089/ham.2013.1073

Prevalence of Acute Mountain Sickness at 3500 m Within and Between Families: A Prospective Cohort Study

Susi Kriemler^*, Flavia Buergi, Christian Wick, Birgit Wick, Melanie Keller, Urs Wiget, Christian Schindler, Beat A. Kaufmann, Malcolm Kohler, Konrad Bloch, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca

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Kriemler, Susi, Flavia Burgi, Christian Wick, Birgit Wick, Melanie Keller, Urs Wiget, Christian Schindler, Beat A. Kaufmann, Malcolm Kohler, Konrad Bloch, and Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca. Prevalence of acute mountain sickness at 3500m within and between families: A prospective cohort study. High Alt Biol Med. 15:2838, 2014.Aim: To investigate symptoms, prevalence and associated factors of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in families upon a fast ascent to 3450m. Methods: 87 children, 70 adolescents, and 155 parents (n=312) were assessed for AMS 8-10 and 20-24 hours after fast passive ascent by the Lake Louise Score (LLS). Pain sensitivity and oxygen saturation (SO2) were measured and familial clustering was assessed. Results: AMS prevalence was significantly lower in children (21%) compared to adolescents (34%) and adults (39%) on day 1 (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-38
Journal	High Altitude Medicine & Biology
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2013.1073
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2014

Keywords

children
families
high altitude
oxygen saturation
pain sensitivity

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