Evaluating Health Impact at High Altitude in Antarctica and Effectiveness of Monitoring Oxygen Saturation

• Published in: Yonago Acta Medica
• Main Authors: Otani, Shinji, Miyaoka, Yoichi, Ikeda, Atsushi, Ohno, Giichiro, Imura, Satoshi, Watanabe, Kentaro, Kurozawa, Youichi
• Language: English
• Published: Tottori University Medical Press 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic regions; altitude sickness; hypoxia; cold temperature; oximetry; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; Dome Fuji Station; Dome F; Departure Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yam/63/3/63_2020.08.004/_article/; http://www.lib.tottori-u.ac.jp/yam/yam/yam63-3/63-3contents.html; http://repository.lib.tottori-u.ac.jp/7380

[Background] The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) has been conducting research activities in inland Antarctica, which is extremely cold dryland covered with a thick ice sheet. This environment may cause a health disorder called acute mountain sickness (AMS). To improve the safety of exp...