Acute Hypoxic Test in Patients with Prediabetes.

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：: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：:A variety of neurological disorders other than high altitude cerebral edema have been described at high altitude. This report documents isolated facial and hypoglossal nerve palsies that occurred in two travellers at high altitude in the Nepal Himalaya. The possible pathophysiological mechanisms of these neurological ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Basnyat B

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：: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：:A 36-year-old woman with no medical history participated in a trekking in Ladakh up to 5300 m of altitude. She was well acclimatized and presented no previous sign of acute mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema or high altitude cerebral edema. After an intense effort to catch up with her group, she became b...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Richalet JP,Larmignat P,Poignard P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survey of on-site treatment of patients in mountain areas of 14 countries in Europe and North America (nonresponder rate 33%) to compare emergency medical services. Around 37,535 ground rescuers and 747 helicopters are ready for evacuation of casualties and patients in mountain areas. And 1316 physicians and 50,967 pa...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Brugger H,Elsensohn F,Syme D,Sumann G,Falk M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpinist and scientist George Ingle Finch was invited on the 1921 British Mount Everest Reconnaissance, but events conspired to keep him away from Everest until the 1922 British expedition to the mountain. Very little is known in the English-speaking world about the 1925 German language book Der Kampf um den Everest, ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Rodway GW

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：: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：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a prevalent disorder that confers substantial cardiovascular morbidity and, in serious cases, death. VTE has a complex and incompletely understood etiopathogenesis with genetic, acquired, and environmental risk factors. As the focu...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Trunk AD,Rondina MT,Kaplan DA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Álvarez-Herms, Jesús, Sonia Julià-Sánchez, Hannes Gatterer, Francisco Corbi, Gines Viscor, and Martin Burtscher. Effects of a single power strength training session on heart rate variability when performed at different simulated altitudes. High Alt Med Biol. 21:292-296, 2020. Background: ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Álvarez-Herms J,Julià-Sánchez S,Gatterer H,Corbi F,Viscor G,Burtscher M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of avalanche accidents involving winter recreationists has notably increased in recent decades due to the increasing popularity of outdoor winter activities. The International Liaison Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR Medcom), and ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Strapazzon G,Brugger H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the determinants of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and of summiting in expedition-style mountaineering, 919 mountaineers (15.4% female) leaving Aconcagua Provincial Park at the end of an expedition to Mt. Aconcagua (6962 m) via the normal route were retrospectively evaluated by questionnaires. Symptoms o...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Pesce C,Leal C,Pinto H,González G,Maggiorini M,Schneider M,Bärtsch P

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) each occur rarely in Tibetans, and they have previously not been reported in the same person. Here we describe a 37-year-old native Tibetan man with CMS at 4300 m, who developed HAPE after his return home from a 12-day visit to sea level. Possibl...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Wu T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Platelets are the key factor in primary hemostasis. It has been shown that chronic altitude exposure increases platelets' aggregability. Nevertheless, data about acute effects and the underlying mechanisms are sparse. Methods: ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Lackermair K,Schuhmann CG,Mertsch P,Götschke J,Milger K,Brunner S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gou, Qiling, Rufeng Shi, Xin Zhang, Qingtao Meng, Xinran Li, Xi Rong, Zhabu Gawa, Nage Zhuoma, and Xiaoping Chen. The prevalence and risk factors of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension among native Tibetans in Sichuan Province, China. High Alt Med Biol. 21:327-335, 2020. Background: ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Gou Q,Shi R,Zhang X,Meng Q,Li X,Rong X,Gawa Z,Zhuoma N,Chen X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old man suffered diplopia and ataxia on two occasions when he ascended from sea level to 4,000 m. Evaluation revealed a moderate-sized subarachnoid cyst in the left frontal region, which did not communicate with the cerebral ventricles. The cyst might have acted as a space-occupying lesion, and caused sympto...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Hackett PH

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Hypoxemia is a major life-threatening complication of childhood pneumonia. The threshold points for hypoxemia vary with altitude. However, few published data describe that normal range of variation. The purpose of this study was to establish reference values of normal mean Sao(2) levels and an approximate cutoff point...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Schult S,Canelo-Aybar C

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the magnitude and the time course of ventilatory changes resulting from a repeated series of hypoxic exposures. Eight healthy males participated in the present study. The subjects spent 1 h/day in normobaric hypoxia (12% inspired oxygen). Inspired minute ventilation (V(I)), e...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Katayama K,Fujita H,Sato K,Ishida K,Iwasaki K,Miyamura M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study compares the changes in ventilation in response to sustained hypobaric hypoxia and acute normobaric hypoxia between subjects susceptible to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE-S) and control subjects (C-S). Seven HAPE-S and five C-S were exposed to simulated high altitude of 4000 m for 23 h in a hypo...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Schirlo C,Pavlicek V,Jacomet A,Gibbs JS,Koller E,Oelz O,Seebauer M,Kohl J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) in hypoxia due to exaggerated hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) is a key factor for development of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). It was shown that about 10% of a healthy Caucasian population has an exaggerated HPV that is comparable to the respon...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Dehnert C,Mereles D,Greiner S,Albers D,Scheurlen F,Zügel S,Böhm T,Vock P,Maggiorini M,Grünig E,Bärtsch P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although thousands of people ascend 4205 m to visit the summit of Mauna Kea each year, there has been no information on the rate of altitude illness triggered by such visits. Two surveys were used: one for tourists driving up to the summit and the other for summit astronomy workers staying at lodging facilities at int...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Onopa J,Haley A,Yeow ME

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Perfusion of intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (IPAVA) is increased during exercise and in hypoxia and is associated with variations in oxygen saturation (SPO2), resulting in blood bypassing the pulmonary microcirculation. Sildenafil is a pulmonary vasod...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Carter EA,Koch S,O'Donovan JP,Sheel AW,Milsom WK,Koehle MS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planning and execution of avalanche rescue missions to search for totally buried avalanche victims are mostly based on personal experience and preference, as evidence-based information from literature is almost completely missing. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify major factors determining the survival ...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Hohlrieder M,Thaler S,Wuertl W,Voelckel W,Ulmer H,Brugger H,Mair P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Aims: Psychotic symptoms during exposure to high altitude (HA) have been linked to accidents or near accidents on the mountains. It is thus of great importance to directly identify psychotic symptoms in individuals who are exposed to HA quickly and reliably on the mountain...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Hüfner K,Brugger H,Caramazza F,Stawinoga AE,Brodmann-Maeder M,Gatterer H,Turner R,Tomazin I,Fusar-Poli P,Sperner-Unterweger B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otero, Liliana, Patricia Hidalgo, Rafael González, and Carlos A. Morillo. Association of cardiovascular disease and sleep apnea at different altitudes. High Alt Med Biol. 17:336-341, 2016.-We evaluated the prevalence of sleep apnea (SA) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) at different altitudes. A total of 3...

journal_title：High altitude medicine & biology

authors： Otero L,Hidalgo P,González R,Morillo CA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00