西阿尔卑斯山地区急性山病的流行程度和知识
Marc Moritz Berger1, Anika Hüsing2, Nicolai Niessen3
1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
PloS one
|September 14, 2023
概括
急性山病 (AMS) 影响超过20%的登山者在4559m. 诸如先前的AMS和快速上升等因素增加了风险,而对AMS和HACE的了解并没有降低其流行率.
科学领域:
- 高空疾病研究 高空疾病研究
- 登山医学是一门山脉医学.
- 环境健康 环境健康
背景情况:
- 急性山病 (AMS) 是高海拔探险的常见问题.
- 了解AMS患病率和风险因素对于登山者安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定AMS在西阿尔卑斯山的流行程度,在不同高度的登山者.
- 确定影响AMS发展的风险因素.
- 评估AMS和高海拔脑 (HACE) 知识对患病率的影响.
主要方法:
- 这是一项涉及1370名登山者的观察性,横截面研究.
- 使用路易斯湖分数 (LLS) 和AMS-大脑分数 (AMS-C) 来评估AMS.
- 调查问卷评估了AMS/HACE知识和潜在的风险因素.
主要成果:
- 随着海拔高度的增加,AMS的患病率增加,在4559米处达到21.9% (LLS) 和15% (AMS-C).
- 在更高的海拔地区 (3650米和4559米) 的夜间AMS患病率显著增加.
- 风险因素包括先前的AMS,较高的海拔,较少的适应前状态和较年轻的年龄;知识水平不清晰.
结论:
- 在3650米及以上的海拔上,AMS很普遍.
- 对AMS和HACE知识的提高与本研究人群中AMS发病率的降低没有相关性.
- 登山者通常对AMS和HACE的知识有限.
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