Travel and health. Reducing your risk for altitude sickness.Most physicians who practice in Missouri will never treat high-altitude illness, but some of their patients who travel to the mountains will experience it. High-altitude illness can often be prevented if patients are educated and prepared...
The risk of altitude decompression sickness at 12,000 m and the effect of ascent rate. Aviat Space Environ Med 2003; 74:10527. Introduction: Loss of aircraft cabin pressurization can result in very rapid decompression rates. The literature contains reports of increased or unchanged levels of ...
High altitudes — above 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) — also have low oxygen levels that can pose a risk of altitude sickness, symptoms of which can include headache, nausea and shortness of breath. Pregnant women should avoid doing strenuous activities at high altitudes, the CDC said. Some ...
[abstract] DRIVING TO ALTITUDE AFTER DIVING AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. INTRODUCTION: Thousands of divers visit the west coast of Izu peninsula, which is surrounded with mountains, on the weekends in summer in Japan, most of wh... N Yamami,Y Mano,M Shibayama,... 被引量: 1发表: 2000年 A...
Conclusions In workers newly hired to work at high altitude, smoking increases the likelihood of AMS, but this effect appears to be operative only among those with less physically demanding work duties. 展开 关键词:smoking high altitude acute mountain sickness mining occupational ...
Although the mortality-oriented definition of this counterpart of wellness has undeniable value, and leads to an assessment of the risk of death presented by any new insult, most sicknesses do not now and have not, except perhaps in unusually virulent epidemics, been resolved in death. Most ...
5. INFLUENCE OF MODERATE ALTITUDE RESIDENCE (2200 METERS) ON THE ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS AND EXERCISE RESPONSE DURING EARLY HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA (4270 METERS). [D] . MARESH, CARL MARK. 1981 机译:中低海拔(2200米)对早期低氧性低氧(4270米)急性山病和运动反应的影响。 6. Characteristics...
Gas pressurized spacesuits are cumbersome, cause injuries, and are metabolically expensive. Decreasing the gas pressure of the spacesuit is an effective method for improving mobility, but reduction in the total spacesuit pressure also results in a higher
INTRODUCTION: The existence of a general influence of exercise on the incidence of decompression sickness (DCS) has been known for more than a half-century. However, quantification of the effect has not been done for several reasons, including isolation of exercise as the only variable. The DCS...
MOUNTAIN sicknessPREVENTIONDISEASE risk factorsBackground. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is an ever-increasing burden on the health sector. With reported incidences of greater than 50%, coupled with the fact that recreational activities at high altitude are gaining increasing popularity, more ...