High Altitude Medicine on Himalayan Treks and Expeditions
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2. Peacock AJ. ABC of oxygen: oxygen at high altitude. BMJ. 1998;317(7165):1063-6.
3. Muza, SR; Fulco, CS; Cymerman, A. Altitude Acclimatisation Guide. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. (USARIEM). Mar 2004
4. Jackson SJ, Varley J, Sellers C. Incidence and predictors of acute mountain sickness among trekkers on Mount Kilimanjaro. High Alt Med Biol. 2010;11(3):217-22.
5. Küpper TE, Schöffl V. Preacclimatisation in hypoxic chambers for high altitude sojourns. Sleep Breath. 2010;14(3):187-91.
6. Burtscher M1, Brandstätter E, Gatterer H. Preacclimatisation in simulated altitudes. Sleep Breath. 2008;12(2):109-14.
7. Yi X, Liang Y, Huerta-Sanchez E. Sequencing of 50 human exomes reveals adaptation to high altitude. Science. 2010 Jul 2;329(5987):75-8.
8. Simonson TS1, Yang Y, Huff CD et al. Genetic evidence for high-altitude adaptation in Tibet. Science. 2010;329(5987):72-5
9. The Lake Louise Consensus on the Definition and Quantification of Altitude Illness” in Sutton JR, Coates G, Houston CS (Eds), Hypoxia and Mountain Medicine. Queen City Printers, Burlington, Vermont, 1992
10. Shlim DR, Nepal K, Meijer HJ. Suddenly symptomatic brain tumors at altitude. Ann Emerg Med. 1991;20(3):315-6.
11. Rosenberg, Gary (2012). Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System (5 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539427-6.
12. Bärtsch P, Swenson E. Acute High-Altitude Illnesses. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2013;386 (24): 2294–302.
13. Schoene R. Illnesses at High Altitude. Chest. 2008;134(2):402–16
14. Imray C, Wright A, Andrew S, Robert R. Acute Mountain Sickness: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2010;52 (6): 467–484
15. Wilson M, Newman S, Imray C. The Cerebral Effects of Ascent to High Altitudes. Lancet Neurology. 2009;8(2): 175–91.
Published
2019-07-29
How to Cite
Dr. Raghunath Godbole, Jadhav S. (2019). High Altitude Medicine on Himalayan Treks and Expeditions. The Indian Practitioner, 69(4), 50-58. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/461
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