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. 2018 Mar 1;19(1):7–14. doi: 10.1089/ham.2017.0160

Table 2.

STAR Supplemental Parameters

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.