Title:
High Altitude Medicine A Case-Based Approach
Author:
Hidalgo, Jorge. editor.
ISBN:
9783031350924
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
Physical Description:
XII, 243 p. 34 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE -- History of high altitude medicine -- GENETICS IN HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE -- HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE, ITS RELEVANCE AND CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO METERS -- Management of high-altitude cerebral edema and high-altitude pulmonary edema -- Physiology of high-altitude illness -- ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASIS AT THE HIGH ALTITUDE -- Cardiovascular changes in high altitude -- High-Altitude Cerebral Edema -- EXCESSIVE ERYTHROCYTOSIS & CHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS -- Chronic Mountain Sickness -- HIGH ALTITUDE COR PULMONALE -- Importance of the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale to prevent ischemic stroke in height altitude and diving -- ENERGY BALANCE AND NUTRITION IN HIGH ALTITUDE -- EXERCISE AT HIGH-ALTITUDE -- Nutritional management of critically ill patients in High Altitude medicine -- Preexisting Condition and travel to High altitude -- WORKING AT HIGH ALTITUDE -- Acute Mountain Sickness -- PERIPHERAL TISSUE IN HIGH ALTITUDE -- High Altitude Sickness Not A Challenge but A Risk.
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Electronic Access:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35092-4Copies:
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