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Objective To explore the clinical effect of SaO2and heart rate(HR)for the diagnosis of acute mountain sickness (AMS).Methods A total of 1 062 male soldiers on garrison duty in rapidly entering to high altitude at 3 700-5 400 m from May 2013 to August 2015 were included as the research subjects.The demography data were collected and the AMS symptoms investiga-tion was performed.SaO2and HR were detected and the relationship between SaO2and HR at different altitudes with AMS symp-tom score was analyzed.Results The cut-off value of SaO2for diagnosing AMS in rapidly entering to high altitude at 3 700-<4 300 m was 84.5%(AUC=0.781)with the screening sensitivity of 78.31% and specificity of 72.02%;which of HR for diag-nosing AMS was 89.5 times/min(AUC=0.640)with the screening sensitivity of 71.27% and specificity of 54.63%.When SaO2 was serially connected with HR,its sensitivity was 58.87% and the specificity was 89.23%,while the parallel connection yielded a sensitivity of 90.70% and a specificity of 37.43%.In rapidly entering the altitude at above 5000 m,the cut-off value of SaO2for di-agnosing AMS was 80.5%(AUC=0.825)with the screening sensitivity of 84.62% and specificity of 68.85%;which of HR for di-agnosing AMS was 93.5 times/min(AUC= 0.718)with the screening sensitivity of 53.00% and specificity of 85.25%;when SaO2was serially connected with HR,its sensitivity for diagnosing AMS was 47.01% and specificity was 93.44%,while the paral-lel connection yielded a sensitivity of 90.60% and a specificity of 60.66%.Conclusion SaO2combined with HR can serve as an ob-jective index for the on-site diagnosis of AMS and is convenient for the AMS preliminary screening of large populations.
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Objective To analyze health status and characters of health service demand and utilization among farmers and herdsmen in Kangxiwa and Saitula border areas from the altitude of 3700m to 4300m for offered scientific advices to the health management institutions for optimizing the allocation of health resources.Methods A total of 51 families in the Kangxiwa and Saitula areas in Karakorum-Kunlun Mountains were randomly chosen with stratified sampling method for the family health survey.Physical and biochemical examination were carried out for each herdsman.Results Among the participants,the most disease the two-week medical consultation rate was 1.74％.the hospitalization rate was 0.98％.The two-week medical consultation and hospitalization rate of herds were lower than the national and Xinjiang level for rural area.Herdsmen's doctor poor accessibility and low-income may be the main reasons for the underutilization of health services ;The difficult situation of herdsmen has been initially improved after participating in the new rural cooperative medical care.Conclusion The health status of native herdsmen in Kara Kunlun mountains was poor,and the provision of health services cannot meet the demand for health service of native herdsmen.It's necessary to improve efficiency of utilization of health service and optimize the allocation of health resources.