Abstract
Living above 2500 m are millions of persons who are at risk for Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS), a disorder of excessive red cell and hemoglobin production, which threatens health and even life itself. The CMS Working Group was founded in Matsumoto, Japan and meets regularly at international meetings when a quorum of interested scientists is present. The overall goals of the CMS Working Group are to lay the foundation for better understanding of the description, pathogenesis and treatment of CMS by developing consensus among interested scientists from around the world. Toward that end this chapter presents the latest efforts of the CMS Consensus Working Group.
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León-Velarde, F., McCullough, R.G., McCullough, R.E., Reeves, J.T. (2003). Proposal for Scoring Severity in Chronic Mountain Sickness (Cms). In: Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., Hackett, P.H. (eds) Hypoxia. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 543. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8997-0_24
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