ReviewHigh altitude medicine & biology2014
High altitude pilgrimage medicine.
Review in High altitude medicine & biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04928183 (The Impact of Carbon Monoxide and Altitude on Vascular Function), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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The Impact of Carbon Monoxide and Altitude on Vascular Function
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevention of altitude illness in adults: preparing people for travel to high altitude.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Article
- Transforming health in Nepal: a historical and contemporary review on disease burden, health system challenges, and innovations.Health research policy and systems · 2025Review
- Transporting medicines by drones in hilly terrain of Northern Himalayas in India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Impact of capacity building training on emergency medical services for chardham yatra: a pre-test post-test study in a hilly region of North India.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Delivering emergency care at the religious mass gathering of India: an amalgamation of technology and spirituality-an institutional experience of managing pilgrims at Mahakumbh Prayagraj.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sacred journeys and pilgrimages: health risks associated with travels for religious purposes.Journal of travel medicine · 2024Review
- Sleep Quality Among Pilgrims at High Altitude: A Cross-Sectional Study From Gosaikunda Lake, Nepal (4380 m).Cureus · 2024Article
- Rapid altitude displacement induce zebrafish appearing acute high altitude illness symptoms.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Acute mountain sickness and sleep disturbances differentially influence cognition and mood during rapid ascent to 3000 and 4050 m.Physiological reports · 2022Article
- Acute mountain sickness (AMS) in a Nepali pilgrim after rapid ascent to a sacred lake (4380 m) in the Himalayas.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Religious pilgrims have been going to high altitude pilgrimages long before trekkers and climbers sojourned in high altitude regions, but the medical literature about high altitude pilgrimage is sparse. Gosainkunda Lake (4300 m) near Kathmandu, Nepal, and Shri Amarnath Yatra (3800 m) in Sri Nagar, Kashmir, India, are the two sites in the Himalayas from where the majority of published reports of high altitude pilgrimage have originated. Almost all travels to high altitude pilgrimages are characterized by very rapid ascents by large congregations, leading to high rates of acute mountain sickness (AMS). In addition, epidemiological studies of pilgrims from Gosainkunda Lake show that some of the important risk factors for AMS in pilgrims are female sex and older age group. Studies based on the Shri Amarnath Yatra pilgrims show that coronary artery disease, complications of diabetes, and peptic ulcer disease are some of the common, important reasons for admission to hospital during the trip. In this review, the studies that have reported these and other relevant findings will be discussed and appropriate suggestions made to improve pilgrims' safety at high altitude.
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