Millions of people around the world engage in leisure or occupational activities in extreme
environments [1]. These environments sometimes entail health risks even for normal …

Although the vast majority of humans live in lowland areas of the Earth at sea level or slightly
higher elevations, increasing numbers of people work or engage in leisure activities at …

Lung illnesses from military service, although overlapping with those faced in civilian
workplaces, may arise from unusual exposures in extreme circumstances and create …

Evaluation of the patient with an exposure-related disease:... : Current Opinion in Pulmonary
Medicine Evaluation of the patient with an exposure-related disease: the occupational and …

Lung disease commonly occurs in response to environmental insults. Physicians assess
tobacco exposure routinely and interpret intensity (packs) and duration (years) of exposure …

A large number of patients with underlying pulmonary disease travel by air each year and
are therefore at risk for significant cardiopulmonary effects of induced hypoxia at higher …

Altitude travel results in acute variations of barometric pressure, which induce different
degrees of hypoxia, changing the gas contents in body tissues and cavities. Non ventilated …

Pulmonary-function tests provide objective, quantifiable measures of lung function. They are
used to evaluate and monitor diseases that affect heart and lung function, to monitor the …

The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (FPM) was founded in the United Kingdom after
World War I by the merger of the Fellowship of Medicine and the Postgraduate Medical …

It is a privilege and a pleasure to give the J. Burns Amberson Lecture. Dr. Butler's generous
introduction reminds me of an occasion when my wife and I were walking by the harbor in …