High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia:
1. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing
Paul T. Schumacker
2. Cell and Molecular Defenses Against Hypoxia
Stilla Frede and Joachim Fandrey
3. Control of Breathing
Luc J. Teppema and Remco R. Berendson
4. Lung Function and Gas Exchange
Andrew M. Luks and Susan R. Hopkins
5. Pulmonary Circulation
Marco Maggiorini, Peter Bartsch, and Erik R Swenson
6. Cardiovascular System
Aaron L. Baggish, Eugene E. Wolfel, and Benjamin D. Levine
7. Cerebral Circulation and Brain
Philip N. Ainslie, Mark H. Wilson, and Christopher HE Imray
8. Autonomic Nervous System
Roger Hainsworth, Mark J. Drinkhill, and Victoria E. Claydon
9. Skeletal Muscle
Hans Hoppeler, Matthias Mueller, and Michael Vogt
10. Blood and Hemostasis
Peter Bärtsch and Jim Milledge
11. Renal Function and Fluid Balance
Erik R. Swenson and Niels V. Olsen
12. Endocrine Function
Jean-Paul Richalet
13. Gastrointestinal Function
Noor Hamad and Simon Travis
14. Immune System
Robert S. Mazzeo and Erik R. Swenson
15. Nutrition and Metabolism
George A. Brooks
16. Exercise
Carsten Lundby
17. Sleep
Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner and Konrad E. Bloch
18. Reproduction and Growth
Susan Niermeyer
19. Human Evolution at High Altitude
Cynthia M. Beall
20. Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema
Peter Bärtsch and Damian Miles Bailey
21. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Robert B. Schoene and Erik R. Swenson
22. Subacute and Chronic Mountain Sickness
Fabiola León-Velarde S, María Rivera-Ch, and Francisco C. Villafuerte
23. High Altitude and Common Medical Conditions
Andrew M. Luks and Peter H. 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
