Table 2.
Setting | Latitude |
GPS location | |
Ambient temperature during measurement | |
Wind | |
Precipitation | |
Study date | |
Measured barometric pressure | |
Altitude at which one sleeps each night | |
Air pollution | |
Individual factors | Occupation |
Ethnicity | |
Nutrition (special diet, nutritional supplements, caffeine, etc) | |
Fluid balance/hydration | |
Objective fitness measurement | |
Training (please define) | |
Regular smoker | |
Regular alcohol consumer | |
Minimal physical assessment (respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation at rest) | |
Hypoxic ventilatory response | |
Illness during study period | |
Symptoms | Difficulty sleeping |
Drowsiness | |
Signs | Peripheral edema |
Central cyanosis | |
Chest tightness or congestion | |
Blood pressure | |
Body temperature | |
Scores | Time of first recorded AMS symptom |
Time of first recorded HACE symptom | |
Time of first recorded HAPE symptom | |
AMS-C of ESQ-III | |
Additional exams | CRP and white cell count |
End-tidal CO2 | |
NIRS | |
Spirometry/oscillatory resistance | |
Hypoxic ventilatory response | |
Respiratory muscle strength | |
Neuropsychometrics | |
Imaging | Pulmonary ultrasound |
Echocardiography | |
Optic nerve sheath ultrasound | |
TCD | |
Chest X-ray | |
Cerebral CT scan | |
Thoracic CT scan | |
Cerebral MRI | |
Therapy | CPAP |
AMS-C, AMS-cerebral; CO2, carbon dioxide; CPAP, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; CRP, C-reactive protein; CT scan, Computed Tomography Scan; ESQ-III, Environmental Symptom Questionnaire-III; GPS, global positioning system; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; NIRS, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; TCD; Transcranial Doppler.