International Congress Munich 2014


ME011 Altitude travel in healthy subjects and patients with respiratory disease

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Aims: To improve the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of altitude-related illness in healthy subjects and patients with pre-existing respiratory disease.
At the end of this session, the participants should know:
• The physiological mechanisms of adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia;
• The major altitude-related illnesses; and
• How to prevent and treat adverse health effects of altitude travel in healthy subjects and patients with respiratory disease.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS
ADULT: Module B.6 Occupational and environmental diseases, High-altitude disease

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Altitude travel in healthy subjects and patients with respiratory disease
K.E. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
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