Hypoxia: the tolerable limits

Fifth International Hypoxia Symposium explored the tolerable limits of hypoxia in animals and man. The human neonate tolerates hypoxia better than the adult yet it is vulnerable and easily damaged by it. Presented results of Operation Everst II in which eight normal subjects were gradually decompres...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, Ind. Benchmark Pr. 1988
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Summary:Fifth International Hypoxia Symposium explored the tolerable limits of hypoxia in animals and man. The human neonate tolerates hypoxia better than the adult yet it is vulnerable and easily damaged by it. Presented results of Operation Everst II in which eight normal subjects were gradually decompressed to the equivalent of the summit of Mount Everst. The adaptations in each link of the oxygen transport chain were seen as important to the adaptative process. The conference explored the mechanisms of thisfrom the cardiorespiratory system to the level of the mitochondria.
Physical Description:XIII, 373 S. Ill.
ISBN:0936157232

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