Chronic Mountain Sickness Score (CMS) Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a person who lives at a high altitude for findings of chronic mountain sickness?

Yes

Does the person show?

• dizziness?

Yes

• physical weakness?

Yes

• mental fatigue?

Yes

• anorexia?

Yes

• muscle weakness?

Yes

• joint pain?

Yes

• breathlessness?

Yes

• palpitations?

Yes

• sleep disturbances?

Yes

• cyanosis of lips, face and/or fingers?

Yes

• injected conjunctivae?

Yes

• dilatation of veins in the hands and/or feet?

Yes

• paresthesias in the hands and/or feet?

Yes

• headache?

Yes

• tinnitus?

Yes

• hemoglobin above the upper limit of normal for persons living at that altitude?

Yes

• an oxygen saturation below the lower limit of normal for persons living at that altitude?

Yes

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Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Which indicates

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Risk Factors
- Index of Modesti et al for Identifying a Patient at Risk for Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

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Diagnosis

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS) Score of Leon-Velarde

Purpose: To evaluate a person for findings associated with chronic mountain sickness using the score of Leon-Velarde.

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10