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Edema agudo pulmonar de altura
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1987)
El edema agudo de pulmón de altura (HAPE) constituye con el edema cerebral, una de las complicaciones de mal agudo de montaña (MAM).
No obstante que la afección ha sido descrita después de casi un siglo (36, 45, 50) es ...
Ventilatory, circulatory, and metabolic mechanisms during muscular exercise at high altitude (La Paz, 3500 m)
(Springer-Verlag, 1982)
Abstract.
The scientific study of the natives of the Andes in South America is no longer an isolated or exotic undertaking (9). The Andean peoples are undergoing cultural, social, and economic development unequaled in ...
The pulmonary circulation of high altitude natives
(Springer-Verlag, 1982)
Abstract. La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, a city with about 700,000 inhabitants, extends itself from an altitude of 4000 m above sea level down to 3200 m. The altitude of the Bolivian Institute of Altitude Biology (I.B.B.A.) ...
Chagas serology and its problems
(Ann. Soc. Belge Med. Trop., 1985)
Summary.
We performed a comparative study (263 sera) of four serological techniques for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease (IFT, CFT, ELISA, IEP). The concordance of the four techniques was 92.8 per cent, and we obtained ...
Bioenergetic and cardiovascular responses to exercise in residents at 2.850 M, with asymptomatic Chagas'disease
(Tropical and Geographical Medicine, 1986)
Abstract.
Cardiovascular and energetic responses at rest, during 30 min of exercise
(mechanical output: 125 watts) and for a subsequent recorery period of 5 min were
compared in two groups, each comprising 21 residents ...
Association between Trypanosoma cruzi zymodemes and specific humoral depression in chronic chagasic patients
(Transantions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1989)
Hemodynamic study of acute high altitude pulmonary edema (Hape)
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de la Altura, 1982)
SUMMARY
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) occurs frequently in the Andean population. Occasionally it can be extremely severe and cause death.
The transportation system between the Bolivian lowland and the Andean ...