Author: Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
ISBN: 8447527336
Category : Adaptation (Physiology)
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Health & Height. V World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology
Author: Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
ISBN: 8447527336
Category : Adaptation (Physiology)
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Transactions of the International medical congress. Ninth session v. 5
Author: High Altitude Physiology and Medicine
Author: W. BrendelPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461256399
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
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.
The Climatologist. V. 1, No. 1, Jan. 1888
Author: Osaka City Medical Journal
Author: Mountain Emergency Medicine
Author: Hermann BruggerPublisher: Edra
ISBN: 8821447340
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1331
Book Description
Mountain emergency medicine has seen exponential development due to the ever increasing number of people who hike or trek as well as practice extreme sports. Emergency physicians and nurses need to be equipped with the necessary training to be able to manage “on the field” accidents and sicknesses as well as their own physical security. Theoretical knowledge is generally of high level but practical expertise is dangerously lacking in many operators. Furthermore, treatment modalities on the field have not been completely codified and are not supported by internationally-accepted guidelines. This book is the first to offer a complete and thorough approach to this field of Emergency Medicine based on the latest research findings.
Management of High Altitude Pathophysiology
Author: Kshipra MisraPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128140003
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Management of High Altitude Pathophysiology presents a comprehensive overview on the various therapeutic practices and ongoing research relating to the development of more potent and novel formulations for managing high altitude pathophysiology. It provides a detailed application of both herbal and non-herbal therapeutic agents, including their nanoformulations. This important reference provides benefits to the medical and herbal scientific communities, doctors treating patients with high altitude complications, individuals travelling to high altitudes for recreation or work, and scientists working on future drug development. - Provides the recent advances and potential therapeutic agents for ameliorating the high-altitude complications - Includes herbal remedies for the prophylaxis and treatment of the high-altitude maladies - Elucidates the significance of Yogic practices and ergonomics in managing stress at high altitude
Nathan Zuntz
Author: Hanns-Christian GungaPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080885241
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This book focuses on the life and work of Nathan Zuntz (1847-1920), a German physiologist, who made significant contributions to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine. He achieved fame for his invention of the Zuntz-Geppert respiratory apparatus in 1886 and the first treadmill (Laufband) in 1889. He also invented an X-ray apparatus to observe cardiac changes during exercise and constructed a climate chamber to study exercise under varying and sometimes extreme climates. - Focuses on Zuntz's contribution to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine
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Author: Donald Heath