This is a detailed account of the problems of coping with exposure to high altitude. The features of acclimatization in humans are examined, with chapters devoted to the effects of high altitude on the cardiopulmonary and digestive systems, sleep, fertility and pregnancy, infection and allergy, athletic performance, and cerebral function. There are also detailed descriptions of the various high altitude diseases. As well as being of practical significance to those clinicians accompanying or responsible for climbers, tourists, soldiers, athletes and astronomers at high altitude, this revised edition has a broad scientific appeal, with current information on hyperbaric treatment of acute mountain sickness, the new syndromes of subacute mountain sickness in Tibet and India, and cancer in the Andes.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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frontispiece, numerous halftones, line figures, tables, bibliography
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 180 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-262504-5 (9780192625045)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1: The important of high-altitude studies. 2: Physical and climatic factors at high altitude. 3: The native highlander. 4: Ventilation and pulmonary diffusion. 5: Transport and release of oxygen to the tissues. 6: Tissue diffusion. 7: The carotid bodies. 8: Haemoglobins. 9: Disorders of blood coagulation. 10: Pulmonary hypertension. 11: The pulmonary trunk. 12: Benign acute mountain sickness. 13: High-altitude pulmonary sickness. 14: Cerebral mountain sickness. 15: Monge's disease. 16: Brisket disease. 17: Infantile and adult subacute mountain sickness. 18: Systemic circulation. 19: Heart and coronary circulation. 20: Renal function and electrolytes. 21: Body weight and alimentary system. 22: Endocrines. 23: Fertility and pregnancy. 24: Cold. 25: Skin and nails. 26: Infection and allergy. 27: High-altitude retinopathy and special senses. 28: Sleep. 29: Cerebral function. 30: Astronomers at high altitude. 31: Athletic performance at moderate altitude. 32: Exposure to extreme altitude. 33: Descent to sea level. 34: Cancer in the Andes. 35: Adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia. 36: Life at high altitude
