High Altitude (eBook)

Erik R. Swenson, MD is a professor in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. His research interests include adaptation and maladaptation in animals and humans to high altitude hypoxia: renal and pulmonary responses with emphasis on acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema. Peter Bartsch, MD has participated in many field studies in the Alps, investigating the physiology, prevention and treatment of acute high altitude illnesses. From 1984 to 1989, he ran high altitude research projects at the Inselspital Bern, in co-operation with Oswald Oelz, and in 1990, he led the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the Swiss School of Sports. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of Heidelberg where he is currently the head of the Division of Sports Medicine. Peter Bartsch

High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia:   1.      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing Paul T. Schumacker 2.      Cell and Molecular Defenses Against HypoxiaStilla Frede and Joachim Fandrey 3.      Control of Breathing  Luc J. Teppema and Remco R. Berendson 4.      Lung Function and Gas Exchange Andrew M. Luks and Susan R. Hopkins 5.      Pulmonary CirculationMarco Maggiorini, Peter Bartsch, and Erik R Swenson 6.      Cardiovascular SystemAaron L. Baggish, Eugene E. Wolfel, and Benjamin D. Levine 7.      Cerebral Circulation and Brain Philip N. Ainslie, Mark H. Wilson, and Christopher HE Imray 8.      Autonomic Nervous SystemRoger Hainsworth, Mark J. Drinkhill, and Victoria E. Claydon 9.      Skeletal MuscleHans Hoppeler, Matthias Mueller, and Michael Vogt 10.  Blood and HemostasisPeter Bärtsch and Jim Milledge 11.  Renal Function and Fluid BalanceErik R. Swenson and Niels V. Olsen 12.  Endocrine Function Jean-Paul Richalet 13.  Gastrointestinal Function  Noor Hamad and Simon Travis 14.  Immune SystemRobert S. Mazzeo and Erik R. Swenson 15.  Nutrition and MetabolismGeorge A. Brooks 16.  Exercise Carsten Lundby 17.  SleepYvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner and Konrad E. Bloch 18.  Reproduction and GrowthSusan Niermeyer 19.  Human Evolution at High AltitudeCynthia M. Beall 20.  Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral EdemaPeter Bärtsch and Damian Miles Bailey 21.  High-Altitude Pulmonary EdemaRobert B. Schoene and Erik R. Swenson 22.  Subacute and Chronic Mountain Sickness Fabiola León-Velarde S, María Rivera-Ch, and Francisco C. Villafuerte 23.  High Altitude and Common Medical ConditionsAndrew M. Luks and Peter H. Hackett