Nocturnal pulse oximetry for the detection and prediction of acute mountain sickness: An observational study

• Published in: Experimental physiology Vol. 109; no. 11; pp. 1856 - 1868
• Main Authors: Joyce, Kelsey E., Ashdown, Kimberly, Delamere, John P., Bradley, Chris, Lewis, Christopher T., Letchford, Abigail, Lucas, Rebekah A. I., Malein, Will, Thomas, Owen, Bradwell, Arthur R., Lucas, Samuel J. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Altitude; Altitude Sickness - blood; Altitude Sickness - diagnosis; Altitude Sickness - physiopathology; Female; Headache; Heart rate; high altitude; Humans; Hypoxia; Hypoxia - blood; Hypoxia - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Observational studies; Oximetry - methods; Oxygen - blood; Oxygen - metabolism; Oxygen Saturation - physiology; peripheral oxygenation; Prediction models; Pulse oximetry; sleep; Young Adult; Lake Louise; sleep; peripheral oxygenation; hypoxia; high altitude

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a well‐studied illness defined by clinical features (e.g., headache and nausea), as assessed by the Lake Louise score (LLS). Although obvious in its severe form, early stages of AMS are poorly defined and easily confused with common travel‐related conditions. Measure...