High-altitude physiology and pathophysiology: implications and relevance for intensive care medicine.
High-altitude physiology and pathophysiology: implications and relevance for intensive care medicine.
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高海拔生理学和病理生理学:对重症监护医学的影响和相关性。
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10.1186/cc5142
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2007
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Cellular hypoxia is a fundamental mechanism of injury in the critically ill. The study of human responses to hypoxia occurring as a consequence of hypobaria defines the fields of high-altitude medicine and physiology. A new paradigm suggests that the physiological and pathophysiological responses to extreme environmental challenges (for example, hypobaric hypoxia, hyper-baria, microgravity, cold, heat) may be similar to responses seen in critical illness. The present review explores the idea that human responses to the hypoxia of high altitude may be used as a means of exploring elements of the pathophysiology of critical illness.