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High altitude medicine and physiology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Michael, 1925-2005
Other Authors: Milledge, James S., West, John B. (John Burnard)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Chapman & Hall Medical, 1995.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Adaptation, Physiological.
Altitude.
Altitude Sickness.
Acclimatization.
Hypoxia.
Table of Contents:
  • History
  • Atmosphere
  • Geography and the human response to altitude
  • Ventilatory response to hypoxia and carbon dioxide
  • Lung diffusion
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Haematology
  • Blood gas transport and acid-base balance
  • Peripheral tissues
  • Exercise
  • Limiting factors at extreme altitude
  • Sleep
  • Nutrition and intestinal function
  • Endocrine and renal systems at altitude
  • Central nervous system
  • High-altitude populations
  • Acute and subacute mountain sickness
  • High-altitude pulmonary edema
  • High-altitude cerebral edema and retinal haemorrhage.
  • Chronic mountain sickness: Monge's disease
  • Vascular disorders
  • Thermal balance and its regulation
  • Reaction to cold
  • Hypothermia
  • Local cold injury
  • Accidents, surgical emergencies and anaesthesia
  • Skiing injuries and rescue in the mountains; heat injury and solar radiation
  • Medical conditions at altitude: leisure and commercial activities
  • Fitness and performance in the mountains
  • Clinical lessons from high altitude
  • Practicalities of field studies.