Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology [6th Edition] 0367001357, 9780429444333, 9780367001353

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Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology [6th Edition]
0367001357, 9780429444333, 9780367001353

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Andrew Luks
Philip N Ainslie
Justin S Lawley
Tatum S. Simonson
Robert C Roach

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

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