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The Lung At High Altitude: Between Physiology And Pathology

open access: yes, 2006
The lungs play a pivotal role in adaptation to high altitude. The increase in ventilation and the rise in pulmonary artery pressure are the first features of lung response to hypoxic exposure.
CAMPIGOTTO, FEDERICA   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal syndrome encountered during a train voyage to high altitudes: A 14-day survey of 69 passengers in China

open access: yesTravel 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   +9 more
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Educational and preventive interventions of cardiovascular and neurological diseases in high altitude

open access: yes, 2022
open.ABSTRACT Obiettivo Scopo della tesi è ricercare i trattamenti e i metodi educativi più efficaci per la prevenzione delle patologie cardiovascolari o neurologiche d’alta quota.
ROSSETTO, ANGELICA
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Predictive modeling of altitude decompression sickness in humans

open access: yes, 1972
The coding of data on 2,565 individual human altitude chamber tests is reported as part of a selection procedure designed to eliminate individuals who are highly susceptible to decompression sickness, individual aircrew members were exposed to the ...
Kenyon, D. J.   +3 more
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Altitude decompression sickness. Case presentation

open access: yes, 2010
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldThe in-flight altitude-related decompression sickness (DCS) is not as common as DCS occurring after working or recreational diving, or, at least,
Gullo, A   +5 more
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Intracranial pressure at high altitude and acute mountain sickness

open access: yes, 1995
1. Raised intracranial pressure has been noted in severe forms of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral oedema, but the role of intracranial pressure in the pathogenesis of mild to moderate acute mountain sickness is unknown. 2.
Imray, C. (Chris)   +4 more
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Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Cerebral Edema and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

open access: yes, 2008
Recreation and business draw countless visitors to high altitude locations across the country every year. Many people coming from low land elevations are unacclimatized to the lower oxygen levels at higher altitude and develop symptoms of altitude ...
Sevvom, Vaheed
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