Visual analog scale (VAS) for assessment of acute mountain sickness (AMS) on aconcagua

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Van Roo, Jon D ^a,b   Lazio, Matthew P ^a,b   Pesce, Carlos ^c   Malik, Sanjeev ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness (AMS); altitude; altitude sickness; mountaineering; visual analog scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ARGENTINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952295925     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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