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Influence of Acute Normobaric Hypoxia on Hemostasis in Volunteers with and without Acute Mountain Sickness.

Biomed Res Int

July 2016

Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism, Tirol Kliniken Innsbruck and University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060 Hall, Austria.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a 12-hour exposure in a normobaric hypoxic chamber would induce changes in the hemostatic system and a procoagulant state in volunteers suffering from acute mountain sickness (AMS) and healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: 37 healthy participants were passively exposed to 12.6% FiO2 (simulated altitude hypoxia of 4,500 m).

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