Mortality in different mountain sports activities primarily practiced in the summer season—A narrative review

H Gatterer, M Niedermeier, E Pocecco… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Millions of people engage in mountain sports activities worldwide. Although leisure-time
physical activity is associated with significant health benefits, mountain sports activities also …

Change in oxygen saturation does not predict acute mountain sickness on Jade Mountain

HC Chen, WL Lin, JY Wu, SH Wang… - Wilderness & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The purpose of this trial was to establish whether changes in resting oxygen
saturation (Spo2) during ascent of Jade Mountain is useful in predicting acute mountain …

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

KM Poudel, TR Poudel, N Shah, S Bhandari, R Sharma… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
More travellers are making swift ascents to higher altitudes without sufficient acclimatization
or pharmaceutical prophylaxis as road connectivity develops in the Himalayan region of …

Epidemiology of acute mountain sickness on Jade Mountain, Taiwan: an annual prospective observational study

SH Wang, YC Chen, WF Kao, YJ Lin… - … Altitude Medicine & …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Wang, Shih-Hao, Yu-Cheng Chen, Wei-Fong Kao, Yu-Jr Lin, Jih-Chang Chen, Te-
Fa Chiu, Tai-Yi Hsu, Hang-Cheng Chen, and Shih-Wei Liu. Epidemiology of acute mountain …

Incidence and risk factors associated with acute mountain sickness in children trekking on Jade Mountain, Taiwan

CW Chan, YC Lin, YH Chiu, YM Weng… - Journal of travel …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a pathophysiological symptom complex that
occurs in high-altitude areas. The incidence of AMS on Jade Mountain, the highest peak in …

Rescue activity of a civilian helicopter emergency medical service in the Western Cape, South Africa: A 5-year retrospective review

JF Park-Ross, I Howard… - Wilderness & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Helicopter search and rescue (SAR) in Africa is conducted primarily by military
organizations. Since 2002, the Western Cape of South Africa has had a dedicated …

Rate of ascent and acute mountain sickness at high altitude

TY Hsu, YM Weng, YH Chiu, WC Li… - Clinical Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine the effect of ascent rate on the induction of acute mountain sickness
(AMS) in young adults during a climb to Jiaming Lake (3350 m) in Taiwan. Design …

Different duration of high-altitude pre-exposure associated with the incidence of acute mountain sickness on Jade Mountain

YM Weng, YH Chiu, JJ Lynn, WC Li, SH Wang… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study is to determine the association between the duration of
high-altitude (> 3000 m) pre-exposure and acute mountain sickness (AMS) incidence …

A retrospective analysis of mission reports in the national Swedish Police Registry on mountain rescue 2018–2022: here be snowmobiles

A Westman, J Björnstig - Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Increasing mountain activity and decreasing participant preparedness, as well
as climate change, suggest needs to tailor mountain rescue. In Sweden, previous medical …

Sudden cardiac death during mountain sports activities

M Burtscher, D Niederseer - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2020 - zora.uzh.ch
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unanticipated and dramatic event resulting from cardiac
causes. First reports on SCDs during mountain sports activities date back to the 1970s and …