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High Altitude Physiology and Medicine (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
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High Altitude Physiology and Medicine (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
Series: Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine
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High altitude physiology and medicine has again become important.
The excep tional achievements of mountaineers who have climbed
nearly all peaks over 8,000 m without breathing equipment raise the
question of maximal adaptation ca pacity of man to low oxygen
pressures. More importantly, the increase in tourism in the Andes
and the Himalayas brings over 10,000 people to sites at altitudes
above 4,000 and 5,000 m each year. At such heights several kinds of
high alti tude diseases are likely to occur, and these
complications require detailed medical investigations. Medical
authorities need to inform both mountaineers and tourists as to how
great a physical burden can be taken in the mountain environment
without risk to health. Physicians need to know what kind of
prophylaxis is to be employed at high altitudes to prevent the
development of diseases and what therapeutic measures should be
used once high altitude diseases have occurred. Moreover, the
physical condition of the indigenous population living at higher
altitudes such as the Andes and the Himalayas, who are exposed
continuously to the stress of high altitude, requires our
attention. We have become familiar with symptoms characteristic of
chronic high-altitude disease: under special conditions this popu
lation has a tendency to develop pulmonary hypertension, which is
associated with pulmonary edema, pulmonary congestion, and right
heart failure."
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine |
Release date: |
October 2011 |
First published: |
1982 |
Editors: |
W Brendel
• R A Zink
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
316 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4612-5641-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences >
Physiology >
General
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LSN: |
1-4612-5641-0 |
Barcode: |
9781461256410 |
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