6th Edition

Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

    554 Pages 49 Color & 194 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    554 Pages 49 Color & 194 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time at altitude for both work and recreation. Building on this established reputation, the new and highly experienced authors provide a fully revised and updated text that will help doctors continue to improve the health and safety of all people who visit, live or work in the cold, thin air of high mountains.
    The sixth edition remains invaluable for any doctor accompanying an expedition or advising patients on a visit to altitude, those specialising in illness and accidents in high places, and for physicians and physiologists who study our dependence on oxygen and the adaptation of the body to altitude.

    Foreword

    Acknowledgments

    1. History of high altitude medicine and physiology

    SECTION I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS PEOPLE

    2. The atmosphere

    3. Geography

    4. High altitude residents

    5. Travelers and workers at high altitude

    6. Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude

    SECTION II. PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO HYPOXIA

    7. Acclimatization

    8. Pulmonary gas exchange

    9. Control of breathing

    10. Oxygen affinity and acid–base balance

    11. Cardiovascular system

    12. Central nervous system

    13. Hematologic responses

    14. Peripheral tissues

    15. Energy balance and metabolism

    16. Endocrine and metabolism

    17. Sleep

    18. Exercise

    19. Physiology of extreme altitude

    SECTION III. CLINICAL HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE

    20. Acute mountain sickness

    21. High altitude cerebral edema

    22. High altitude pulmonary edema

    23. Other medical conditions that occur at high altitude

    24. Chronic altitude illness

    25. High altitude travel with preexisting medical conditions

    26. Children, the elderly, and women at high altitude

    27. Other environmental illnesses in the mountains

    Index

    Biography

    Andrew Luks is a Professor at the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, The University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Phillip Ainslie is a Professor at the School of Health & Exercise Sciences and Co-Director, Centre for Heart, Lung & Vascular Health, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada

    Justin Lawley is a Professor at the Institute for Sports Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Robert Roach is an Associate Professor, Altitude Research Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, USA

    Tatum Simonson is an Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and Co-Director, Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA