RT Book, Section
A1 Strohl, Kingman P.
A1 Beall, Cynthia M.
A1 Netzer, Nikolaus C.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122365110
T1 High-Altitude Physiology and Clinical Disorders
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122365110
RD 2024/04/19
AB Altitude  physiology  typically  focuses  on  people  above  2500  m;  ∼8000  ft.  Altitudes  above  that  are  sometimes  subdivided  into  very  high  (3500–5500  m;  ∼11,500–18,000  ft)  and  extreme  (>5500  m;  >18,000  ft).  An  estimated  40  million  people  travel  each  year  to  altitudes  >2500  m  (∼8000  ft),1  and  as  many  or  more  travel  to  altitude  for  leisure  and  sports,  and  work  in  mines,  military  or  border  operations,  and  the  like.  Altitude  medicine  considers  the  clinical  disorders  associated  with  acclimatization  by  the  travelers,  workers  and  migrants,  and  with  adaptation  by  people  with  lifetimes  or  populations  with  millennia  of  residence  (an  estimated  83  million  people).2