Table of Contents

​  1.      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing Paul Schumacher   2.      Cellular and Molecular Defenses Against Hypoxia Joachim Fandrey   3.      Control of Breathing Luc Teppema   4.      Lung Function and Gas Exchange Susan Hopkins and Andrew Luks   5.      Pulmonary Circulation Marco Maggiorini and Simon Gibbs   6.      Cardiovascular System Benjamin Levine   7.      Cerebral Circulation and Brain Chris Imray and Philip Ainslie   8.      Autonomic Nervous System Roger Hainsworth, Mark Drinkhill, and Victoria Claydon   9.      Skeletal Muscle Hans Hoppler   10.  Blood and Hemostasis  Jim Milledge and Peter Bartsch   11.  Renal Function and Fluid Balance Erik Swenson   12.   Endocrine Function John-Paul Richalet   13.  Gastrointestinal Function               Simon Travis and Noor Hamad   14.  Immune System Robert Mazzeo   15.  Nutrition and Metabolism George Brooks   16.  Exercise Carsten Lundby and Bengt Saltin   17.  Sleep Konrad Bloch   18.   Reproductionand Growth Susan Niermeyer   19.   Human Evolution at High Altitude Cynthia Beall   20.  Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Peter Bartsch, Damian Bailey, and Ralf Baumgartner   21.  High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema Robert Schoene and Erik Swenson   22.  Subacute and Chronic Mountain Sickness  Fabiola Leon-Velarde   23.  High Altitude and Common Medical Conditions Andrew Luks and Peter Hackett

About the Author

Erik R. Swenson, MD is a professor in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. His research interests include adaptation and maladaptation in animals and humans to high altitude hypoxia: renal and pulmonary responses with emphasis on acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema. Peter Bartsch, MD has participated in many field studies in the Alps, investigating the physiology, prevention and treatment of acute high altitude illnesses. From 1984 to 1989, he ran high altitude research projects at the Inselspital Bern, in co-operation with Oswald Oelz, and in 1990, he led the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the Swiss School of Sports. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of Heidelberg where he is currently the head of the Division of Sports Medicine. Peter Bartsch