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ArticleHigh altitude medicine & biology2018

The 2018 Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score.

Robert C Roach, Peter H Hackett, Oswald Oelz, Peter Bärtsch, Andrew M Luks, Martin J MacInnis, J Kenneth Baillie, Lake Louise AMS Score Consensus Committee

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readConsensus Statement
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Article in High altitude medicine & biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 256 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06446427 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Acute High Altitude Exposure on Rescuer Performance and Patient Care

TypeinterventionalSponsorInsel Gruppe AG, University Hospital BernRan2024 to 2025Enrolled20ConditionsHigh Altitude, Hypobaric Hypoxia, Risk ReductionArmsAcute high altitude exposure, Acute high altitude exposure, with supplementary oxygen, Subacute high altitude exposure, after having spent a night at high altitude
NCT07148674 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Positive Expiratory Pressure on Acute Mountain Sickness, a Pilot Crossover Trial at 6000 Meters

TypeinterventionalSponsorBiALP - Alpine, Disaster and Wilderness MedicineRan2025 to 2025Enrolled3ConditionsAcute Mountain Sickness (AMS)ArmsPositive Expiratory Pressure (10cmH2O) in hypobaric hypoxia
3 · Its place in the literature

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256 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 545 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Robert C Roach1 Altitude Research Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine , Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Peter H Hackett1 Altitude Research Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine , Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Oswald Oelz2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zurich , Switzerland .
Peter Bärtsch3 Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital , Heidelberg, Germany .
Andrew M Luks4 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, WA.
Martin J MacInnis5 Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University , Hamilton, Canada .
J Kenneth Baillie6 Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh , Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom .
Lake Louise AMS Score Consensus Committee
Roslin Institute · GBUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Washington · USHeidelberg University · DEMcMaster University · CAUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Roach, Robert C., Peter H. Hackett, Oswald Oelz, Peter Bärtsch, Andrew M. Luks, Martin J. MacInnis, J. Kenneth Baillie, and The Lake Louise AMS Score Consensus Committee. The 2018 Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score. High Alt Med Biol 19:1-4, 2018.- The Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) scoring system has been a useful research tool since first published in 1991. Recent studies have shown that disturbed sleep at altitude, one of the five symptoms scored for AMS, is more likely due to altitude hypoxia per se, and is not closely related to AMS. To address this issue, and also to evaluate the Lake Louise AMS score in light of decades of experience, experts in high altitude research undertook to revise the score. We here present an international consensus statement resulting from online discussions and meetings at the International Society of Mountain Medicine World Congress in Bolzano, Italy, in May 2014 and at the International Hypoxia Symposium in Lake Louise, Canada, in February 2015. The consensus group has revised the score to eliminate disturbed sleep as a questionnaire item, and has updated instructions for use of the score.

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Severity of Illness IndexAltitude SicknessConsensusHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesAMShigh altitude illnesshistoryLake Louisesymptom scores

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PMCPMC6191821
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