Ulrich, Silvia, Mona Lichtblau, Simon R. Schneider, Stéphanie Saxer, and Konrad E. Bloch,
Clinician's corner: counseling patients with pulmonary vascular disease traveling to high …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension are
the main precapillary forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH) summarized as pulmonary …

Abstract Luks, Andrew M. Can patients with pulmonary hypertension travel to high altitude?
High Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 215–219, 2009.—With the increasing popularity of adventure travel …

Bloch, Konrad E., Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Mona Lichtblau, and Michael Furian.
Clinician's corner: counseling patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease traveling …

Abstract Luks, Andrew M. Do lung patients need supplemental oxygen at high altitude? High
Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 321–327, 2009.—As medical care and the quality of life for patients with …

Large numbers of people travel to high altitudes, entering an environment of hypobaric
hypoxia. Exposure to low oxygen tension leads to a series of important physiologic …

The major risk factors for acute high altitude illnesses are the history of acute high altitude
illnesses on previous exposures, the altitude exposures in the weeks preceding the ascent …

The lungs are a delicate interface between the atmosphere and our bodies across which
oxygen diffuses from the air we breathe to the blood which carries oxygen to the cells and …

It is estimated that> 140 million people live above 2500 m in various regions of the world. 1
There are many challenges to living at high altitude, but chronic exposure to alveolar …

Abstract Matthias Peter Hilty, Andrea Mueller, Daniela Flück, Christoph Siebenmann, Peter
Rasmussen, Stefanie Keiser, Katja Auinger, Carsten Lundby, and Marco Maggiorini. Effect …