High Altitude Physiology and Medicine

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Sleep Hypoxemia at Altitude
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   Chapter 2 O 2 Breathing at Altitude: Effects on Maximal Performance
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   Chapter 3 Oxygen Uptake at High Altitude: Limiting Role of Diffusion in Lungs
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   Chapter 4 Respiratory and Cardiocirculatory Responses of Acclimatization of High Altitude Natives (La Paz, 3500 m) to Tropical Lowland (Santa Cruz, 420 m)
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   Chapter 5 Chemoreflexive Ventilatory Response at Sea Level in Subjects With Past History of Good Acclimatization and Severe Acute Mountain Sickness
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   Chapter 6 Dysoxia (Abnormal Cell O 2 Metabolism) and High Altitude Exposure
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   Chapter 7 Minimal $${{\text{P}}_{{O_2}}}$$ in Working and Resting Tissues
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   Chapter 8 Effects of High Altitude (Low Arterial $${{\text{P}}_{{O_2}}}$$ ) and of Displacements of the Oxygen Dissociation Curve of Blood on Peripheral O 2 Extraction and $${{\text{P}}_{{O_2}}}$$
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    Chapter 9 Influence of the Position of the Oxygen Dissociation Curve on the Oxygen Supply to Tissues
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    Chapter 10 Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Dissociation Curves During and After a Stay at Moderate Altitude
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    Chapter 11 Ventilatory, Circulatory, and Metabolic Mechanisms During Muscular Exercise at High Altitude (La Paz, 3500 m)
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    Chapter 12 The Effects of Hypoxia on Maximal Anaerobic Alactic Power in Man
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    Chapter 13 Anaerobic Metabolism at High Altitude: The Lactacid Mechanism
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    Chapter 14 Oxygen Deficit and Debt in Submaximal Exercise at Sea Level and High Altitude
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    Chapter 15 Blood Rheology in Hemoconcentration
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    Chapter 16 Oxygen Transport Capacity
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    Chapter 17 Skeletal Muscle Perfusion, Exercise Capacity, and the Optimal Hematocrit
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    Chapter 18 Cardiac Output and Regional Blood Flows in Altitude Residents
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    Chapter 19 The Pulmonary Circulation of High Altitude Natives
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    Chapter 20 Comparison Between Newcomer Rats and First Generation of Rats Born at High Altitude, Particularly Concerning the Oxygen Supply to the Heart
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    Chapter 21 Circulatory Flow of Oxygen Returning to the Lung During Submaximal Exercise in Altitude Residents
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    Chapter 22 Effect of the α-Adrenergic Blocking Agent Phentolamine (Regitine) on Acute Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension in Awake Dogs
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    Chapter 23 Hormonal Responses to Exercise at Altitude in Sea Level and Mountain Man
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    Chapter 24 Time Course of Plasma Growth Hormone During Exercise in Man at Altitude
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    Chapter 25 Transcapillary Escape Rate of Albumin After Exposure to 4300 m
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    Chapter 26 Platelet Survival and Sequestration in the Lung at Altitude
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    Chapter 27 Electrolyte Changes in the Blood and Urine of High Altitude Climbers
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    Chapter 28 The Influence of Trekking on Some Hematologic Parameters and Urine Production
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    Chapter 29 High Altitude Complaints, Diseases, and Accidents in Himalayan High Altitude Expeditions (1946–1978)
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    Chapter 30 Cerebral Edema: The Influence of Hypoxia and Impaired Microcirculation
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    Chapter 31 Physiologic Adaptation to Altitude and Hyperexis
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    Chapter 32 Eye Problems at High Altitudes
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    Chapter 33 Cotton-Wool Spots: A New Addition to High Altitude Retinopathy
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    Chapter 34 High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Analysis of 166 Cases
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    Chapter 35 Hemodynamic Study of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (12,200 ft)
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    Chapter 36 Pathogenesis of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
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    Chapter 37 Subclinical Pulmonary Edema with Hypobaric Hypoxia
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    Chapter 38 Mechanism of Pulmonary Edema Following Uneven Pulmonary Artery Obstruction and Its Relationship to High Altitude Lung Injury
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    Chapter 39 Vasopressin in Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
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    Chapter 40 Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction and Ambient Temperature
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    Chapter 41 Pathophysiology of Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: An Hypothesis
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    Chapter 42 Use of Furosemide in Prevention of HAPE
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    Chapter 43 Chronic Mountain Sickness: A Pulmonary Vascular Disease?
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    Chapter 44 Predicting Mountaineering Performance at Great Altitudes
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    Chapter 45 Effect of Ambient Temperature, Age, Sex, and Drugs on Survival Rate of Rats
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    Chapter 46 Hemodilution: Practical Experiences in High Altitude Expeditions
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    Chapter 47 How to Stay Healthy While Climbing Mount Everest
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    Chapter 48 Proposals for International Standardization in the Research and Documentation of High Altitude Medicine
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    Chapter 49 Equipment Requirements for High-Altitude Studies (Personal Experiences)