High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E
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High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E

John West, Robert Schoene, Andrew Luks, James Milledge

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High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E

John West, Robert Schoene, Andrew Luks, James Milledge

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A comprehensive update to this preeminent and accessible text, this fifth edition of a bestseller was developed as a response to man's attempts to climb unaided to higher altitudes and to spend more time in these conditions for both work and recreation. It describes the ever-expanding challenges that doctors face in dealing with the changes in huma

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9781444154337
Edition
5
Topic
Medicina
Subtopic
Teoría, práctica y referencia médicas

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Conversion tables
  6. List of abbreviations
  7. 1. History
  8. 2. The atmosphere
  9. 3. Geography and the human response to altitude
  10. 4. Genetics and high altitude
  11. 5. Altitude acclimatization and deterioration
  12. 6. Control of breathing at high altitude
  13. 7. Pulmonary gas exchange
  14. 8. Cardiovascular system
  15. 9. Hematology
  16. 10. Blood-gas transport and acid–base balance
  17. 11. Peripheral tissues
  18. 12. Exercise
  19. 13. Limiting factors at extreme altitude
  20. 14. Sleep
  21. 15. Nutrition, metabolism and intestinal function
  22. 16. Endocrine and renal systems at altitude
  23. 17. Central nervous system
  24. 18. High altitude populations
  25. 19. Acute mountain sickness
  26. 20. High altitude cerebral edema
  27. 21. High altitude pulmonary edema
  28. 22. Chronic mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary hypertension
  29. 23. Other altitude-related conditions
  30. 24. Physiology and medical aspects of heat and cold
  31. 25. Pre-existing medical conditions at altitude
  32. 26. Women at altitude
  33. 27. Extremes of age at altitude: children and the elderly
  34. 28. Commercial, scientific and military activities at high altitude
  35. 29. Athletes and altitude
  36. References
Citation styles for High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E

APA 6 Citation

West, J., Schoene, R., Luks, A., & Milledge, J. (2012). High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E (5th ed.). CRC Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1506426/high-altitude-medicine-and-physiology-5e-pdf (Original work published 2012)

Chicago Citation

West, John, Robert Schoene, Andrew Luks, and James Milledge. (2012) 2012. High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E. 5th ed. CRC Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1506426/high-altitude-medicine-and-physiology-5e-pdf.

Harvard Citation

West, J. et al. (2012) High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E. 5th edn. CRC Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1506426/high-altitude-medicine-and-physiology-5e-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

West, John et al. High Altitude Medicine and Physiology 5E. 5th ed. CRC Press, 2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.