No renal dysfunction or salt and water retention in acute mountain sickness at 4,559 m among young resting males after passive ascent

Kidney function remained essentially unaffected and acute mountain sickness (AMS) was not associated with salt water retention in healthy young men flown to resting at the Margherita hut (4,559 m) under strictly controlled conditions maintaining water, salt, food intake pre-exposure levels. Thus, renal dysfunction fluid are essential factors contributing pathophysiology of AMS.