Altitude Sickness - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Effect of rapid ascent to high altitude on autonomic cardiovascular modulation.

30 Aug 2008 BACKGROUND: Effect of acute hypobaric hypoxia on autonomic nervous activities remains unclear. We evaluated the effect of rapid ascent to high altitude on autonomic cardiovascular modulation and compared the differences between the subjects with ... Read more...

Pre-travel vaccination and medical prophylaxis in the pregnant traveler.

14 Aug 2008 BACKGROUND: Practitioners are often fearful of giving vaccinations and prophylactic medications to pregnant travelers. And yet pregnancy is often a time of heightened danger from travel-related infections and illnesses. METHOD: Literature search ... Read more...

Illnesses at high altitude.

30 Jul 2008 High-altitude illnesses have profound consequences on the health of many unsuspecting and otherwise healthy individuals who sojourn to high altitude for recreation and work. The clinical manifestations of high-altitude illnesses are secondary to ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Altitude Sickness'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Bronchial asthma on Mount Kilimanjaro is not a disadvantage. 29 Sep 2008
• Effect of rapid ascent to high altitude on autonomic cardiovascular modulation. 30 Aug 2008
• Pre-travel vaccination and medical prophylaxis in the pregnant traveler. 14 Aug 2008
• Illnesses at high altitude. 30 Jul 2008
• Oxygen on Everest: the development of modern open-circuit systems for mountaineers. 30 Jul 2008
• [Health problems in high mountain conditions] 30 Jul 2008
• [The anxyolytic effect of mild hypobaric hypoxia in a model of post-traumatic stress disorder in rats] 29 Jun 2008
• [The role of Sándor Korányi and the High Tatras in unravelling the pathogenesis of altitude polyglobulia] 13 Jun 2008
• Microhemorrhages in nonfatal high-altitude cerebral edema. 2 Jun 2008
• Adaptation and mal-adaptation to ambient hypoxia; Andean, Ethiopian and Himalayan patterns. 2 Jun 2008
• Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics reveal nerve fiber layer loss and photoreceptor changes in a patient with optic nerve drusen. 30 May 2008
• Travelling to new heights: practical high altitude medicine. 30 May 2008
• An insilico approach to high altitude pulmonary edema - Molecular modeling of human beta2 adrenergic receptor and its interaction with Salmeterol & Nifedipine. 28 May 2008
• Preacclimatization in simulated altitudes. 29 Apr 2008
• Prediction of the susceptibility to AMS in simulated altitude. 29 Apr 2008
• Cheyne stokes breathing at high altitude: a helpful response or a troublemaker? 29 Apr 2008
• High incidence of optic disc swelling at very high altitudes. 29 Apr 2008
• Altitude and coagulation activation: does going high provoke thrombosis? 22 Apr 2008
• A case of hereditary protein S deficiency presenting with cerebral sinus venous thrombosis and deep vein thrombosis at high altitude. 22 Apr 2008
• [Altitude sickness in the airplane?] 22 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Altitude Sickness'

Definition: A morbid condition of ANOXIA caused by the reduced available oxygen at high altitudes.

Descriptor UI: D000532

Alternative terms: Altitude Sickness; Altitude Sicknesses; Sickness, Altitude; Sicknesses, Altitude; Mountain Sickness; Mountain Sicknesses; Sickness, Mountain; Sicknesses, Mountain;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C08.618.020;

Online Note: search ANOXIA 1966-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under ANOXIA 1975-90