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Edema agudo pulmonar de altura
(Revista Cuadernos, 2006)
El Edema Agudo Pulmonar de Altura (EPA), en inglés High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE), es una complicación del Mal Agudo de Altura (MAA), que afecta a personas sanas. Se presenta en alturas por encima de 2700 m dentro ...
Acute and chronic altitude-induced cognitive dysfunction in children an adolescents
(J Pediatr., 2015-11-02)
Abstract.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess whether exposure to high altitude induces cognitive dysfunction in young healthy European children and adolescents during acute, short-term exposure to an altitude of 3450 m and in an ...
The impact of altitude on the sleep of young elite soccer players (ISA3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-01-28)
Abstract.
Background: Altitude training is used by elite athletes
to improve sports performance, but it may also disrupt
sleep. The aim of this study was to examine the effects
of 2 weeks at high altitude on the sleep ...
The sleep of elite athletes at sea level and high altitude : a comparison of sea-level natives and high-altitude natives (ISA3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-09-03)
Abstract.
Background: Altitude exposure causes acute sleep
disruption in non-athletes, but little is known about its
effects in elite athletes. The aim of this study was to
examine the effects of altitude on two groups ...
Sleep-disordered breathing and oxidative stress in preclinical chronic mountain sickness (excessive erythrocytosis)
(Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 2013-01-22)
Abstract.
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is considered to be a loss of ventilatory acclimatization to high
altitude (>2500 m) resulting in marked arterial hypoxemia and polycythemia. This case-control
study explores ...
Factores de riesgo asociados a síndrome metabólico en población habitante de 3600 y 4100 M.S.N.M.
(Rev Med La Paz, 2015-06-07)
Resumen.
Objetivos: Conocer los factores de riesgo, la magnitud y dirección de asociación
con el síndrome metabólico en sujetos de diferentes grupos etáreos que habitan
grandes alturas como en la ciudad de La Paz y El ...
Predicting sickness during a 2-week soccer camp at 3600 m (ISA 3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-08-23)
Abstract.
Objectives. To examine the time course of changes in
wellness and health status markers before and after
episodes of sickness in young soccer players during a
high-altitude training camp (La Paz, 3600 ...
Graduated effects of high-altitude hypoxia and highland ancestry on birth size
(Pediatric Research, 2013-10-02)
Background: We present a cohort of ca. 25,000 birth
records from Bolivia of men and women who are currently
adults. We used this cohort to test the hypothesis that high
altitude reduces birth weight and that highland ...
Comparative aspects of high-altitude adaptation in human populations
(Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 2000)
Abstract.
The conditions and duration of high-altitude residence differ among high-altitude populations. The Tibetan Plateau is larger, more geographically remote, and appears to have been occupied for a longer period of ...
Excessive polycythemia occurs in young high-altitude (3600 m) residents in the absence o lung disease
(Health & height proceeding, 2002)
Summary.
Chronic mountain sickness is present in about 8% of the male population of La Paz. Our question was whether its principal diagnostic sign, excessive polycythemia (EP) without lung disease could be found already ...