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Oximetry Fails to Predict Acute Mountain Sickness or Summit Success During a Rapid Ascent to 5640 Meters  Dale R. Wagner, PhD, Jonathan R. Knott, MS,

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1 Oximetry Fails to Predict Acute Mountain Sickness or Summit Success During a Rapid Ascent to 5640 Meters  Dale R. Wagner, PhD, Jonathan R. Knott, MS, Jack P. Fry, BS  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages (June 2012) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Relationship between arterial oxygen saturation (Spo2) before the summit attempt and the total Lake Louise Self-Assessment Scale (LLSS) score for acute mountain sickness (AMS) during the summit attempt (r = −0.007). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Mean ±SEM arterial oxygen saturation (Spo2) and heart rate (HR) at 3 different times in participants who eventually developed acute mountain sickness (AMS) versus those who did not. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

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