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Influence of Elevation of Origin, Rate of Ascent and a Physical Conditioning Program on Symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness

, 1967
James E. Hansen, Charles W. Harris, Wayne Ο. Evans   +2 more
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Evidence of Intraspecific Adaptive Variation in the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) on a Continental Scale Using a Target Enrichment and Mitochondrial Genome Skimming Approach

Molecular Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Montane landscapes present an array of abiotic challenges that drive adaptive evolution amongst organisms. These adaptations can promote habitat specialisation, which may heighten the risk of extirpation from environmental change. For example, higher metabolic rates in an endothermic species may contribute to heightened cold tolerance, whilst ...
Zachery M. Farrand, Kurt E. Galbreath, Katherine C. Teeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment of Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema [PDF]

, 2004
Rajan Kapoor, A S Narula, Anil C. Anand
openalex   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Breath‐Hold Divers and the Folklore of Tomokazuki

Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diving can affect neuropsychiatric functions. Previous studies of Taravana syndrome in Polynesian pearl divers, which have similarities to decompression illness following breath‐hold diving, and of Chiyamai in Japanese breath‐hold divers, which have symptoms like panic disorder, show what modern medicine can learn from the wisdom of tradition.
Tomoko Komagamine, Michael Dylan Foster, Keisuke Suzuki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal syndrome encountered during a train voyage to high altitudes: A 14-day survey of 69 passengers in China

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: The diagnosis and evaluation of the severity of acute mountain sickness (AMS) continue to be problematic due to a lack of consensus on the inclusion of symptoms in a scoring system.
Yihui Chen, Xiaoqi Tang, Xiong Zeng, Ben Han, Huichao Xie, Wei Wang, Lihua Sun, Mingdong Hu, Yuqi Gao, Weidong Xiao   +9 more
doaj  

Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled comparison of ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for prevention of acute mountain sickness among Himalayan trekkers: the prevention of high altitude illness trial (PHAIT) [PDF]

, 2004
Jeffrey H. Gertsch, Buddha Basnyat, Eric W. Johnson, Janet Onopa, Peter Holck   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Effects of the 8 psia / 32% O2 Atmosphere on the Human in the Spaceflight Environment [PDF]

Extravehicular activity (EVA) is at the core of a manned space exploration program. There are elements of exploration that may be safely and effectively performed by robots, but there are critical elements of exploration that will require the trained ...
Arias, Diana, Conkin, Johnny, Fogarty, Jennifer, Huff, Janice, Law, Jennifer, Menon, Anil, Norcross, Jason, Norsk, Peter, Perchonok, Michele, Wessel, James H., III, Whitmire, Sandra   +10 more
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Hypoxia-Induced Acute Mountain Sickness is Associated with Intracellular Cerebral Edema: A 3 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study [PDF]

, 2007
Guus Schoonman, Peter S. Sándor, Arto C. Nirkko, Thomas Lange, T. Jaermann, Ulrike Dydak, Christine Kremer, Michel D. Ferrari, Peter Boesiger, Ralf W. Baumgartner   +9 more
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Scenes From a Sociolegal Career: An Informal Memoir

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This memoir describes the 40‐year unfolding, project by project, of my sociolegal field research on legal and regulatory processes. It provides brief accounts of my interactions and interviews with regulatory officials and with businesspeople responsible for regulatory compliance.
Robert A. Kagan
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and knowledge about acute mountain sickness in the Western Alps. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Berger MM, Hüsing A, Niessen N, Schiefer LM, Schneider M, Bärtsch P, Jöckel KH.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source