25 High altitude travel with preexisting medical conditions Introduction General approach What altitudes pose risk for patients with chronic conditions? Specific medical conditions Cardiovascular conditions Pulmonary disorders Hematologic disorders Diabetes…
27 Other environmental illnesses in the mountains Introduction Hypothermia Physiologic responses to cold Mechanisms and risk factors for hypothermia Clinical features Prevention Treatment Outcomes Frostbite Pathophysiology Risk factors Clinical presentation…
24 Chronic altitude illness Introduction Chronic mountain sickness Historical Epidemiology of CMS Clinical aspects of CMS Hemodynamics Prevention Treatment Pathophysiology of CMS with normal lungs Excessive erythrocytosis with lung disease…
6 Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude Introduction History Variation at the molecular level Omics analysis Candidate genes Hypoxia-inducible factors Description of hypoxia-inducible factors HIF responses to hypoxia…
