High Altitude

Books

High Altitude: An Exploration of Human Adaption
TF Hornbein, RB Schoene (eds.)
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001

High Altitude Medicine and Physiology
M P Ward, J S Milledge, J B West
London: Arnold, 2000

High Altitude Medicine
H Hultgren
Stanford, California: Hultgren Publications, 1997

Reviews

Hackett PH, Roach RC. High altitude illness – a practical review.
N Engl J Med in press (2001)

Hoppeler H, Vogt M:
Hypoxia training for sea-level performance. Training high-living low
Adv Exp Med Biol 502:61-73 (2001)

Bärtsch P:
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema.
Respiration 64: 435-443 (1997)

Bärtsch P, Maggiorini M, Ritter M, Noti C, Vock P, Oelz O:
Prevention of high-altitude pulmonary edema by nifedipine.
N Engl J Med 325: 1284-1289 (1991)

Johnson TS, Rock PB:
Acute mountain sickness.
N Engl J Med 319: 841- 845 (1988)

Keywords

high-altitude, mountain sickness, hypoxia, pulmonary edema, cerebral edema


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