Acute altitude sickness (mainly are high altitude pulmonary edema and high altitude cerebral edema)
Conditions
Interventions
Observation group:The participants are divided into high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, high altitude polycythemia and high altitude cardiopathy groups and given different int
Sponsors
China Railway Construction Corporation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Born and live at the altitude below 2500 meters; Aged between 18 and 50 years old; Participate in Qingzang Railway construction between June 2001 and June 2006; Undertake different building work at the altitude between 2800 and 5072 meters; Have been confirmed as healthy participants by medical examinations before coming to the high altitude plateau.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclude myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, primary pulmonary hypertension, acute and chronic cerebral vascular diseases, epilepsy, meningitis, encephalitis, primary or secondary polycythemia, and other disease that needed to be distinguished from acute or chronic altitude sickness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence rate of altitude sickness;High altitude polycythemia;All-cause mortality;Curative rate of altitude sicknes; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Genetic factors;Improvement rate;Blood oxygen saturatio; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTongchun Zhu, Changchun Qiu
Outcome results
None listed