Full Description
Over the last decade the science and medicine of high altitude and hypoxia adaptation has seen great advances. High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia addresses the challenges in dealing with the changes in human physiology and the particular medical conditions that arise from exposure to high altitude. In-depth and comprehensive chapters cover both the basic science and the clinical consequences of exposure to high altitude. Genetic, cellular, organ and whole body system responses to high altitudes are covered and chapters discuss these effects on a wide range of diseases. Expert authors provide insight into the care of patients with pre-existing medical conditions that fail in some cases to adapt as well as offer insights into how high altitude research can help critically ill patients. High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia is an important new volume that offers a window into greater understanding and more successful treatment of hypoxic human diseases.
Contents
1. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing
Paul Schumacher
2. Cellular and Molecular Defenses Against Hypoxia
Joachim Fandrey
3. Control of Breathing
Luc Teppema
4. Lung Function and Gas Exchange
Susan Hopkins and Andrew Luks
5. Pulmonary Circulation
Marco Maggiorini and Simon Gibbs
6. Cardiovascular System
Benjamin Levine
7. Cerebral Circulation and Brain
Chris Imray and Philip Ainslie
8. Autonomic Nervous System
Roger Hainsworth, Mark Drinkhill, and Victoria Claydon
9. Skeletal Muscle
Hans Hoppler
10. Blood and Hemostasis
Jim Milledge and Peter Bartsch
11. Renal Function and Fluid Balance
Erik Swenson
12. Endocrine Function
John-Paul Richalet
13. Gastrointestinal Function
Simon Travis and Noor Hamad
14. Immune System
Robert Mazzeo
15. Nutrition and Metabolism
George Brooks
16. Exercise
Carsten Lundby and Bengt Saltin
17. Sleep
Konrad Bloch
18. Reproductionand Growth
Susan Niermeyer
19. Human Evolution at High Altitude
Cynthia Beall
20. Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema
Peter Bartsch, Damian Bailey, and Ralf Baumgartner
21. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Robert Schoene and Erik Swenson
22. Subacute and Chronic Mountain Sickness
Fabiola Leon-Velarde
23. High Altitude and Common Medical Conditions
Andrew Luks and Peter Hackett
