| Description |
1 online resource (555 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. History of high altitude medicine and physiology -- SECTION 1: THE ENVINRONMENT AND ITS PEOPLE -- 2. The atmosphere -- 3. Geography -- 4. High altitude residents -- 5. Travelers and workers at high altitude -- 6. Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude -- SECTION 2: PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO HYPOXIA -- 7. Acclimatization -- 8. Pulmonary gas exchange -- 9. Control of breathing -- 10. Oxygen affinity and acid-base balance -- 11. Cardiovascular system -- 12. Central nervous system |
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13. Hematologic responses -- 14. Peripheral tissues -- 15. Energy balance and metabolism -- 16. Endocrinology and renal function -- 17. Sleep -- 18. Exercise -- 19. Physiology of extreme altitude -- SECTION 3: CLINICAL HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE -- 20. Acute mountain sickness -- 21. High altitude cerebral edema -- 22. High altitude pulmonary edema -- 23. Other medical conditions that occur at high altitude -- 24. Chronic altitude illness -- 25. High altitude travel with preexisting medical conditions -- 26. Children, the elderly, and women at high altitude |
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27. Other environmental illnesses in the mountains -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ainslie, Philip N
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Lawley, Justin S
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Roach, Robert C
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Simonson, Tatum S
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| ISBN |
9780429814761 |
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0429814763 |
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