Research Catalog

Title

High altitude medicine and physiology / Michael P. Ward, James S. Milledge, John B. West.

Author

Ward, Michael, 1925-2005

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall Medical, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Milledge, James S.
• West, John B. (John Burnard)

Description

xviii, 618 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Altitude
• Altitude Sickness
• Acclimatization
• Hypoxia
• Altitude, Influence of
• Human beings > Effect of environment on
• Mountain sickness
• Physiology, Pathological
• Humans Physiology Effects of Environment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. History -- 2. The atmosphere -- 3. Geography and the human response to altitude -- 4. The ventilatory response to hypoxia and carbon dioxide -- 5. Lung diffusion -- 6. Cardiovascular system -- 7. Haematology -- 8. Blood gas transport and acid-base balance -- 9. Peripheral tissues -- 10. Exercise -- 11. Limiting factors at extreme altitude -- 12. Sleep -- 13. Nutrition and intestinal function -- 14. The endocrine and renal systems at altitude -- 15. Central nervous system -- 16. High-altitude populations -- 17. Acute and subacute mountain sickness -- 18. High-altitude pulmonary edema -- 19. High-altitude cerebral edema and retinal haemorrhage -- 20. Chronic mountain sickness: Monge's disease -- 21. Vascular disorders -- 22. Thermal balance and its regulation -- 23. Reaction to cold -- 24. Hypothermia -- 25. Local cold injury -- 26. Accidents, surgical emergencies and anaesthesia -- 27. Skiing injuries and rescue in the mountains; heat injury and solar radiation.
• 28. Medical conditions at altitude: leisure and commercial activities -- 29. Fitness and performance in the mountains -- 30. Clinical lessons from high altitude -- 31. Practicalities of field studies.

ISBN

0412546108 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94071202

OCLC

• ocm31514539
• SCSB-4775071

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries