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High Altitude and Man

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. John B. West

    1. Section of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  2. Sukhamay Lahiri

    1. Department of Physiology, Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

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  • Leading authorities on high-altitude physiology contribute to this work
  • Focuses on man at extreme altitude, sleep and restoration
  • Also focuses on physiology of permanent residents of high altitude

Part of the book series: Clinical Physiology (CLINPHY)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: American Medical Research Expedition To Everest

    1. Introduction: American Medical Research Expedition To Everest

      • John B. West
      Pages 1-3

  3. Man at Extreme Altitude

    1. Man on the Summit of Mount Everest

      • John B. West
      Pages 5-17

    2. Hypoxic Ventilatory Response and Exercise Ventilation at Sea Level and High Altitude

      • Robert B. Schoene
      Pages 19-30

    3. Human Cerebral Function at Extreme Altitude

      • Brenda D. Townes, Thomas F. Hornbein, Robert B. Schoene, Frank H. Sarnquist, Igor Grant
      Pages 31-36

    4. Metabolic and Endocrine Changes at Altitude

      • F. Duane Blume
      Pages 37-45

    5. Renin-Aldosterone System

      • James S. Milledge
      Pages 47-57

    6. Red Cell Function at Extreme Altitude

      • Robert M. Winslow
      Pages 59-72

  4. Sleep and Respiration at High Altitude

    1. Sleep and Periodic Breathing at High Altitude: Sherpa Natives Versus Sojourners

      • Sukhamay Lahiri, Karl H. Maret, Mingma G. Sherpa, Richard M. Peters Jr.
      Pages 73-90

    2. Ventilatory Control During Sleep in Normal Humans

      • John V. Weil, David P. White, Neil J. Douglas, Clifford W. Zwillich
      Pages 91-100

    3. Hypoxia and Brain Blood Flow

      • Norman H. Edelman, Teodoro V. Santiago, Judith A. Neubauer
      Pages 101-113

    4. Hypoxic Versus Hypocapnic Effects on Periodic Breathing During Sleep

      • Anne Berssenbrugge, Jerome Dempsey, James Skatrud
      Pages 115-127

    5. Mechanisms for Recurrent Apneas at Altitude

      • Neil S. Cherniack, Barbara Gothe, Kingman P. Strohl
      Pages 129-140

    6. Effects of Acclimatization on Sleep Hypoxemia at Altitude

      • John R. Sutton, Gary W. Gray, Charles S. Houston, A. C. Peter Powles
      Pages 141-146

  5. Physiology of Permanent Residents of High Altitude

    1. Respiratory Control in Andean and Himalayan High-Altitude Natives

      • Sukhamay Lahiri
      Pages 147-162

    2. High-Altitude Polycythemia

      • Robert M. Winslow
      Pages 163-172

    3. Ventilatory Function in Adaptation to High Altitude: Studies in Tibet

      • S. Y. Huang, X. H. Ning, Z. N. Zhou, Z. Z. Gu, S. T. Hu
      Pages 173-177

    4. Ventilation in Human Populations Native to High Altitude

      • Peter H. Hackett, John T. Reeves, Robert F. Grover, John V. Weil
      Pages 179-191

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 193-199
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About this book

Leading authorities on high-altitude physiology contribute to this work, which is divided into three sections: Man at Extreme Altitude; Sleep and Restoration at High Altitude; and Physiology of Permanent Residents of High Altitude. Based on a symposium on physiology at high altitude sponsored by the American Physiological Society, the volume includes several chapters on the achievements of the 1981 American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest, where the first physiological measurements at altitudes above 8,000 meters were recorded. With growing interest in the study of human performance in these conditions, this text marks a lasting achievement in high-altitude physiology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    John B. West

  • Department of Physiology, Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Sukhamay Lahiri

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: High Altitude and Man

  • Editors: John B. West, Sukhamay Lahiri

  • Series Title: Clinical Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7525-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7525-5Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 200

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Lippincott William and Wilkins 1984

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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