Going Higher
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Going Higher

Oxygen, Man, and Mountains

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eBook - ePub

Going Higher

Oxygen, Man, and Mountains

About this book


* Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life
* Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts
* Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and physician who pioneered research in the fieldFrom the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high Himalaya, Charles Houston, M.D., was fascinated by the effects of altitude on the human body. Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of hypoxia -- lack of sufficient oxygen -- that also occurs in everyday life, sometimes chronically due to disease? How can we decrease the incidence of illness and death? This edition incorporates current research on the effects of altitude on humans, and Houston (now deceased) joined forces with an educator and a medical writer in a text made even more accessible for the average reader while retaining the depth of material of particular use to the medical community. This edition of this seminal text added chapters on vision and the eye at altitude, chronic and subacute altitude illness, and the limits to work at altitude (with implications for athletic training). It presents information on genetics and gender differences and more on flight and space travel, on understanding and treating sea-level hypoxic illnesses, and on who can (or should not) go to high altitude, and much more. With an expanded glossary of terms.

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Yes, you can access Going Higher by Charles S Houston, M.D.,David E Harris, PH.D.,Ellen Zeman, PH.D. in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9781594851797
Edition
5

Table of contents

  1. Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. List of Tables
  7. Preface
  8. About This Book
  9. PART I: Understanding the Atmosphere
  10. PART II: How the Body Gets Oxygen
  11. PART III: Mountain Sicknesses
  12. PART IV: The Mountaineer’s World
  13. Glossary
  14. Selected Bibliography
  15. Appendix: Historical Figures in Altitude Physiology
  16. Index
  17. About the Authors