Changes in male reproductive function after high altitude mountaineering.

abstract：:We conducted a survey of equipment in medical backpacks for mountain rescuers and mountain emergency physicians. The aim was to investigate whether there are standards for medical equipment in mountain rescue organizations associated with the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM). A qu...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Elsensohn F,Soteras I,Resiten O,Ellerton J,Brugger H,Paal P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swiss expedition to Everest (altitude 8,848 m) in the spring of 1952 very nearly attained the summit with two of the climbers reaching 8,595 m. This would have been the first ascent of Everest. One main reason for failure was the inadequate oxygen equipment which was modified from sets designed for mine rescue usi...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： West JB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of oxygen pressure on placental and villous vascular development is reviewed and considered relative to the natural experiment afforded by residence at high altitude. Data obtained from normal high altitude pregnancies are compared with those from IUGR and preeclampsia, conditions believed to be caused b...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Zamudio S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Completing a marathon (42.2 km) is one of the more challenging sports activities. Besides the distance, the ambient conditions of the race (altitude, temperature, etc) can increase the physiological demands of the event. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the altitude of the city in whic...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Lara B,Salinero JJ,Del Coso J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiersch, Markus, and Erik R. Swenson. High altitude and cancer mortality. High Alt Med Biol 19:116-123, 2018.-Humans living at high altitude (HA) are exposed to chronic (hypobaric) hypoxia. Despite the permanent stress of hypoxic exposure, humans populating HA areas have reduced cancer mortality over a broad spectrum...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Thiersch M,Swenson ER

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hypoxia has a profound effect on uterine artery adaptation to pregnancy. The present studies tested the hypothesis that pregnant kinase C (PKC) differentially regulates alpha(1)-adrenoceptor-mediated contractions and Ca(2+) sensitivity in the uterine arteries of nonpregnant and pregnant sheep acclimatized to h...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Xiao D,Huang X,Longo LD,Zhang L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 38-year-old man who presented with bilateral retinal detachments following a trek in Tibet during which time he took acetazolamide for prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness (AMS). This is the first time that retinal detachment has been described following a sojourn to high altitude. Acetazol...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Morris DS,Severn PS,Smith J,Somner JE,Stannard KP,Cottrell DG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study were to measure the satiety neuropeptide cholecystokinin (CCK) in humans at terrestrial high altitude to investigate its possible role in the pathophysiology of anorexia, cachexia, and acute mountain sickness (AMS). Nineteen male mountaineers aged 38 +/- 12 years participated in a 20 +/- ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Bailey DM,Davies B,Milledge JS,Richards M,Williams SR,Jordinson M,Calam J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Richalet, Jean-Paul, and François J. Lhuissier. Aging, tolerance to high altitude, and cardiorespiratory response to hypoxia. High Alt Med Biol. 16:117-124, 2015.--It is generally accepted that aging is rather protective, at least at moderate altitude. Some anecdotal reports even mention successful ascent of peaks ove...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Richalet JP,Lhuissier FJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painschab, Matthew S., Gary E. Malpartida, Victor G. Davila-Roman, Robert H. Gilman, Todd M. Kolb, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, J. Jaime Miranda, and William Checkley. Association between serum concentrations of hypoxia inducible factor responsive proteins and excessive erythrocytosis in high altitude Peru. High Alt Med Biol...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Painschab MS,Malpartida GE,Dávila-Roman VG,Gilman RH,Kolb TM,León-Velarde F,Miranda JJ,Checkley W

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequency of therapeutic beta-blocker use in elderly mountaineers is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this field study was to measure the regular beta-blocker intake in elderly persons visiting moderate altitudes. In a subset of mountaineers on beta-blockers, exercise response at two different altitude levels was compar...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Faulhaber M,Flatz M,Burtscher M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keyes, Linda E., Thomas Douglas Sallade, Charles Duke, Jennifer Starling, Alison Sheets, Sushil Pant, David S. Young, David Twillman, Nirajan Regmi, Benoit Phelan, Purshotam Paudel, Matthew McElwee, Luke Mather, Devlin Cole, Theodore McConnell, and Buddha Basnyat. Blood pressure and altitude: an observational cohort s...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Keyes LE,Sallade TD,Duke C,Starling J,Sheets A,Pant S,Young DS,Twillman D,Regmi N,Phelan B,Paudel P,McElwee M,Mather L,Cole D,McConnell T,Basnyat B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High altitude (HA) presents inhospitable environmental conditions that adversely affects human physiology and metabolism. Changes in physiological functions are reported during high altitude exposure, but the changes vary with physical state, culture habits, geographical locations, and genetic variation of individual....

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Vats P,Ray K,Majumadar D,Amitabh,Joseph DA,Bayen S,Akunov A,Sarbaev A,Singh SB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Van Iterson, Erik H., Eric M. Snyder, and Bruce D. Johnson. The influence of 17 hours of normobaric hypoxia on parallel adjustments in exhaled nitric oxide and airway function in lowland healthy adults. High Alt Med Biol. 18:1-10, 2017.-Currently, there is a disparate understanding of the role that normobaric hypoxia ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Van Iterson EH,Snyder EM,Johnson BD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climbers who have suffered a previous episode of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) are at significantly increased risk of developing it again on return to high altitude. In spite of the high mortality associated with HAPE, some climbers are willing to take this risk in order to summit the tallest mountains in the w...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Dunin-Bell O,Boyle S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing popularity of adventure travel and mountain activities, it is likely that many high altitude travelers will have underlying medical problems and approach clinicians for advice about ensuring a safe sojourn. Patients with underlying pulmonary hypertension are one group who warrants significant conce...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Luks AM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of intermittent hypoxia training (IHT) were investigated in healthy, 60- to 74-yr-old men. Fourteen men (Gr 1) who routinely exercised daily for 20 to 30 min were compared with 21 (Gr 2) who avoided exercise. Their submaximal work-load power values before the IHT training were 94 +/- 3.7 and 66...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Shatilo VB,Korkushko OV,Ischuk VA,Downey HF,Serebrovskaya TV

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of high altitude continuing medical education is to adapt knowledge and skills for practical application on the plateau. Most trainees have experience with academic education and grassroots work experience on the plateau, so they want knowledge about new advances in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatme...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Luo Y,Zhou Q,Huang J,Luo R,Yang X,Gao Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jiang, Tao, Liping Zhao, Yanbo Yin, Huiqian Yu, and Qingzhong Li. Evaluation of middle ear function by tympanometry and the influence of lower barometric pressure at high altitude. High Alt Med Biol 00:000-000, 2020. Objective: To evaluate middle ear function in residents ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Jiang T,Zhao L,Yin Y,Yu H,Li Q

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common and disabling condition that occurs in healthy individuals ascending to high altitude. Based on the ability of iron to influence cellular oxygen sensing pathways, we hypothesized that iron supplementation would protect against AMS. To examine this hypothesis, 24 healthy sea-le...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Talbot NP,Smith TG,Privat C,Nickol AH,Rivera-Ch M,León-Velarde F,Dorrington KL,Robbins PA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Li, Zongbin, Jun Guo, Chunwei Liu, Yajun Shi, Yang Li, Jinli Wang, Dandan Li, Jing Wang, and Yundai Chen. Compound Danshen Dripping Pill promotes adaptation to acute high-altitude exposure. High Alt Med Biol. 21:258-264, 2020. Background: In this study, we aimed to investi...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Li Z,Guo J,Liu C,Shi Y,Li Y,Wang J,Li D,Wang J,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Chronic hypoxia increases dependence on glucose in men and increases insulin sensitivity in men and women. Cyclic Variations in Altitude Conditioning (CVAC) is a novel technology that provides exposure to rapidly fluctuating cyclic hypobaric hypoxia (CHH). PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that markers of gluc...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Marquez JL,Rubinstein S,Fattor JA,Shah O,Hoffman AR,Friedlander AL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute altitude exposure may lead to acute mountain sickness (AMS). Increased awareness of altitude-related health hazards in trekkers may accompany a decrease in AMS prevalence. We compared awareness and AMS prevalence in trekkers in two cohorts on an altitude trek up to 5400 m and assessed risk factors for AMS by rep...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Gaillard S,Dellasanta P,Loutan L,Kayser B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamm, Wolfgang, Sari Kassem, Lukas von Stülpnagel, Florian Maier, Mathias Klemm, Dominik Schüttler, Felix Grabher, Ludwig T. Weckbach, Bruno C. Huber, Axel Bauer, Konstantinos D. Rizas, and Stefan Brunner. Deceleration capacity and periodic repolarization dynamics as predictors of acute mountain sickness. High Alt Med...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Hamm W,Kassem S,von Stülpnagel L,Maier F,Klemm M,Schüttler D,Grabher F,Weckbach LT,Huber BC,Bauer A,Rizas KD,Brunner S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Hypobaric hypoxia (HH) increases the risk of high altitude-related illnesses (HARI). The pathophysiological mechanism(s) involved are still partially unknown. Altered vascular reactivity as consequence of endothelial dysfunction during HH might play a role in t...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Grittani M,Pellegrino G,Conte S,Morello A,Autore A,Cimmino G,Trimarco B,Morgagni F,Cirillo P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of exposure to acute and chronic high altitude hypoxia on the activity and expression of CYP2E1 and CYP3A1 were examined in rats. Rats were divided into low altitude (LA, 400 m), acute moderate altitude hypoxia (AMH, 2800 m), chronic moderate altitude hypoxia (CMH, 2800 m), acute high altitude hypoxia (AHH...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Li X,Wang X,Li Y,Zhu J,Su X,Yao X,Fan X,Duan Y

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frostbite and other cold-related injuries commonly develop during prolonged exposure to the low environmental temperatures of polar and mountainous regions. Hypoxia is a potent sympathetic stimulus that causes vasoconstriction of the peripheral blood vessels, which may further compound the risk of developing a cold-re...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Jones D,Covins SF,Miller GE,Morrison KI,Clark AG,Calcott SD,Anderson AM,Lucas SJE,Imray CHE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to investigate the role of the L-type calcium channel in the cardioprotection afforded by chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (CIHH). Rats were exposed to CIHH for 28 days (CIHH28) or 42 days (CIHH42), respectively, before their ventricular myocytes were isolated for electrophysiological st...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Zhang Y,Zhong N,Zhou ZN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to establish scientifically supported recommendations for termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in mountain rescue, which can be applied by physicians and nonphysicians. A literature search was performed; the results and recommendations were discussed among the authors, and finally approved by...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Paal P,Milani M,Brown D,Boyd J,Ellerton J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonography is a noninvasive, reliable, repeatable, and inexpensive technology that has dramatically changed the practice of medicine. The clinical use of portable ultrasound devices has grown tremendously over the last 10 years in the fields of intensive care, emergency medicine, and anesthesiology. In this revie...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Canepa CA,Harris NS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00