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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"acute mountain sickness"”.
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Point of care parameters and biomarkers in Acute Mountain Sickness: a prospective case-control study
Ιστορικό: Η Οξεία Νόσος Υψομέτρου (Acute Mountain Sickness, AMS) αποτελεί μια δυνητικά απειλητική για τη ζωή κατάσταση που επηρεάζει άτομα που ανεβαίνουν γρήγορα σε μεγάλο υψόμετρο. Ενώ υπάρχουν διάφορα κλινικά συστήματα βαθμονόμησης, οι αντικειμενικοί βιοδείκτες για την έγκαιρη ανίχνευση του …
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Does acute hypoxia and high altitude exposure adversely affect cardiovascular performance?
… altitude (HA) exposure and its relationship to acute mountain sickness (AMS) are incompletely understood. Aims: This thesis addresses four main hypotheses 1. HA adversely affects biventricular cardiac function leading to an increase in estimated filling pressures which is influenced by the mode …
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Hypoxia and vascular nitric oxide bioavailability: Hypoximplications for the pathophysiology of high-altitude illness
… dysfunction may lead to the development of acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral oedema (HACE) and high-altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE), though data to date remains scarce. Therefore, there is a clear need for further work to address the role of NO in the pathogenesis of …
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The influence of acute, chronic and lifelong hypoxia on the functional and structural integrity of the neurovascular unit
… integrated approach to investigate the impact of acute, chronic and life-long exposure to hypoxia on the functional and structural integrity of the neurovascular unit (NVU). <br/><br/><b>Methods.</b> <i>Experimental Study 1: </i>In a randomised, single-blind cross-over design, 12 healthy, …