Man At High Altitude : the Pathophysiology of Acclimatization and Adaptation / Donald Heath, David Reid Williams ; Foreword by Sir Cyril Astley Clarke

Heath, Donald. Williams, David Reid

ISBN 10: 0443015554 / ISBN 13: 9780443015557

Published by Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone : Distributed In The U. S. A. By Longman, 1977

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Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly sun-toned dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 292 pages; Description: viii, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Mountain sickness. Altitude, Influence of. Physiology, Pathological. Acclimatization. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man At High Altitude : the Pathophysiology of Acclimatization and Adaptation / Donald Heath, David Reid Williams ; Foreword by Sir Cyril Astley Clarke
• Publisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone : Distributed In The U. S. A. By Longman
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443015554
• ISBN 13: 9780443015557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This is a detailed account of the problems of coping with exposure to high altitude. The features of acclimatization in humans are examined, with chapters devoted to the effects of high altitude on the cardiopulmonary and digestive systems, sleep, fertility and pregnancy, infection and allergy, athletic performance, and cerebral function. There are also detailed descriptions of the various high altitude diseases. As well as being of practical significance to those clinicians accompanying or responsible for climbers, tourists, soldiers, athletes and astronomers at high altitude, this revised edition has a broad scientific appeal, with current information on hyperbaric treatment of acute mountain sickness, the new syndromes of subacute mountain sickness in Tibet and India, and cancer in the Andes.