Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 1 136-143, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Enhanced exercise-induced rise of aldosterone and vasopressin preceding mountain sickness

P. Bartsch, M. Maggiorini, W. Schobersberger, S. Shaw, W. Rascher, J. Girard, P. Weidmann and O. Oelz
Department of Medicine, Medizinische Poliklinik Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.

A possible contribution of exercise to the fluid retention associated with acute mountain sickness (AMS) was investigated in 17 mountaineers who underwent an exercise test for 30 min on a bicycle ergometer with a constant work load of 148 +/- 9 (SE) W at low altitude (LA) and with 103 +/- 6 W 4-7 h after arrival at 4,559 m or high altitude (HA). Mean heart rates during exercise at both altitudes and during active ascent to HA were similar. Exercise-induced changes at LA did not differ significantly between the eight subjects who stayed well and the nine subjects who developed AMS during a 3-day sojourn at 4,559 m. At HA, O2 saturation before (71 +/- 2 vs. 83 +/- 2%, P less than 0.01) and during exercise (67 +/- 2 vs. 72 +/- 1%, P less than 0.025) was lower and exercise-induced increase of plasma aldosterone (617 +/- 116 vs. 233 +/- 42 pmol/l, P less than 0.025) and plasma antidiuretic hormone (23.8 +/- 14.4 vs. 3.4 +/- 1.8 pmol/l, P less than 0.05) was greater in the AMS group, whereas exercise-induced rise of plasma atrial natriuretic factor and changes of hematocrit, potassium, and osmolality in plasma were similar in both groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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