Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology [6th Edition] 0367001357, 9780429444333, 9780367001353
This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unai
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Table of contents :
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. History of high altitude medicine and physiology
SECTION I. THE ENVIRONMENT 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 II. 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
13. Hematologic responses
14. Peripheral tissues
15. Energy balance and metabolism
16. Endocrine and metabolism
17. Sleep
18. Exercise
19. Physiology of extreme altitude
SECTION III. 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
27. Other environmental illnesses in the mountains
Index
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. History of high altitude medicine and physiology
SECTION I. THE ENVIRONMENT 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 II. 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
13. Hematologic responses
14. Peripheral tissues
15. Energy balance and metabolism
16. Endocrine and metabolism
17. Sleep
18. Exercise
19. Physiology of extreme altitude
SECTION III. 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
27. Other environmental illnesses in the mountains
Index
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