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- catalog abstract ""Millions of people live at high altitude and large numbers visit it for both recreational and work-related reasons. The diminished oxygen in the air causes a range of illnesses and various types of impairment of performance. This book sets out the physiological basis of these changes and discusses all aspects of high-altitude illnesses and their management."--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b12352614.
- catalog contributor b12352615.
- catalog contributor b12352616.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Millions of people live at high altitude and large numbers visit it for both recreational and work-related reasons. The diminished oxygen in the air causes a range of illnesses and various types of impairment of performance. This book sets out the physiological basis of these changes and discusses all aspects of high-altitude illnesses and their management."--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. History -- Ch. 2. The atmosphere -- Ch. 3. Geography and the human response to altitude -- Ch. 4. Altitude acclimatization -- Ch. 5. Ventilatory response to hypoxia and carbon dioxide -- Ch. 6. Lung diffusion -- Ch. 7. Cardiovascular system -- Ch. 8. Hematology -- Ch. 9. Blood gas transport and acid-base balance -- Ch. 10. Peripheral tissues -- Ch. 11. Exercise -- Ch. 12. Limiting factors at extreme altitude -- Ch. 13. Sleep -- Ch. 14. Nutrition and intestinal function -- Ch. 15. Endoncrine and renal systems at altitude -- Ch. 16. Central nervous system -- Ch. 17. High altitude populations -- Ch. 18. Acute mountain sickness -- Ch. 19. High altitude pulmonary edema -- Ch. 20. High altitude cerebral edema -- Ch. 21. Subacute and chronic mountain sickness -- Ch. 22. Other altitude related conditions: neurovascular disorders, eye conditions, altitude cough, anesthesia at altitude -- Ch. 23. Thermal balance and its regulation -- Ch. 24. Reaction to thermal extremes: cold and heat -- Ch. 25. Hypothermia -- Ch. 26. Frostbite and nonfreezing cold injury -- Ch. 27. Medical conditions at altitude -- Ch. 28. Women, children and elderly people at altitude -- Ch. 29. Commercial activities at altitude -- Ch. 30. Athletes and altitude -- Ch. 31. Clinical lessons from high altitude -- Ch. 32. Practicalities of field studies.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographic references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 434 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0340759801".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Arnold ; New York : co-published by Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "2001 G-442".
- catalog subject "616.9/893 21".
- catalog subject "Acclimatization physiology.".
- catalog subject "Acclimatization.".
- catalog subject "Adaptation, Physiological.".
- catalog subject "Altitude Sickness physiopathology.".
- catalog subject "Altitude Sickness.".
- catalog subject "Altitude, Influence of.".
- catalog subject "Altitude.".
- catalog subject "Anoxia.".
- catalog subject "Mountain sickness.".
- catalog subject "Mountaineering Physiological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Mountaineering physiology.".
- catalog subject "QP82.2.A4 W38 2000".
- catalog subject "WD 710 W261h 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. History -- Ch. 2. The atmosphere -- Ch. 3. Geography and the human response to altitude -- Ch. 4. Altitude acclimatization -- Ch. 5. Ventilatory response to hypoxia and carbon dioxide -- Ch. 6. Lung diffusion -- Ch. 7. Cardiovascular system -- Ch. 8. Hematology -- Ch. 9. Blood gas transport and acid-base balance -- Ch. 10. Peripheral tissues -- Ch. 11. Exercise -- Ch. 12. Limiting factors at extreme altitude -- Ch. 13. Sleep -- Ch. 14. Nutrition and intestinal function -- Ch. 15. Endoncrine and renal systems at altitude -- Ch. 16. Central nervous system -- Ch. 17. High altitude populations -- Ch. 18. Acute mountain sickness -- Ch. 19. High altitude pulmonary edema -- Ch. 20. High altitude cerebral edema -- Ch. 21. Subacute and chronic mountain sickness -- Ch. 22. Other altitude related conditions: neurovascular disorders, eye conditions, altitude cough, anesthesia at altitude -- Ch. 23. Thermal balance and its regulation -- Ch. 24. Reaction to thermal extremes: cold and heat -- Ch. 25. Hypothermia -- Ch. 26. Frostbite and nonfreezing cold injury -- Ch. 27. Medical conditions at altitude -- Ch. 28. Women, children and elderly people at altitude -- Ch. 29. Commercial activities at altitude -- Ch. 30. Athletes and altitude -- Ch. 31. Clinical lessons from high altitude -- Ch. 32. Practicalities of field studies.".
- catalog title "High altitude medicine and physiology / by Michael P. Ward, James S. Milledge, John B. West.".
- catalog type "text".