e6c261ab-7b6f-442c-8cc0-708142355ad3 eng Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ 2011-06-21T16:31:32 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Respiratory diseases and high altitude 2004-01-01T00:00:00 High Altitude Medicine & Biology 2004 Winter;5(4):435-44 The aim of this paper is to review how preexisting pulmonary diseases can be affected by altitude exposure. Obstructive (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD) and restrictive (interstitial pulmonary fibrosis), as well as pulmonary vascular diseases, will be considered, and the goal will be to provide insight and tools to clinicians to optimize the medical condition and thus the life-style of these patients. The underlying pathophysiologies and the effect of hypobaric hypoxia on these diseases will be reviewed such that techniques to assess patients will be appropriate. Therapeutic interventions, including the use of supplemental oxygen, in light of the underlying pathologic processes, will also be discussed. Annalisa Cogo Centro Studi Biomedici Applicati allo Sport - Università di Ferrara +39 0532 210420 +39 0532 455888 +39 0532 210297 Via Gramicia 35 Ferrara FE 44100 Italy annalisa.cogo@unife.it Rainald Fischer Department of Pneumology, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Germany Rainald.Fischer@med.uni-muenchen.de Robert Schoene Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego United States of America rschoen@ucsd.edu https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=e6c261ab-7b6f-442c-8cc0-708142355ad3&fname=mountain_witness__s.png thumbnail png SHARE altitude GEMET eng health -180 180 -90 90 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link