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IV Chronic Hypoxia Symposium (Sept 2012 – India)
The IV Chronic Hypoxia Symposium September 20-22, 2012 in New Dehli, India Mark your calendar ! We are honored that this will be a grand scale meeting under the direction of Dr Shashi Bala Singh, Director of the Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Defense R & D Organization Min. Of Defense, Govt on India. along with the coordination of: Dr, Kaushal K. Srivastava President. Dehli Chapter ACBI National Coordinator for Professional Programme,ACBI. Professor Emeritus, ACBR, Delhi University, Delhi 110007 and several other distinguished colleagues from … Read entire article »
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Evolucion de los conocimientos sobre la altura
Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo y Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja Publicado en la Revista Americana de Medicina Respiratoria 2011; 1: 5 Torricelli, Montgolfier y Pascal, podemos decir, fueron los que sentaron los principios científicos básicos para los estudios de la altura. Primero tenía que conocerse físicamente qué era la altura, había que cuantificarla y determinar que es exponencial. Esto dio lugar a los estudios del efecto de la menor presión parcial del oxigeno, conocido como hipoxia, sobre la función respiratoria y circulatoria. La atmósfera y el aire que rodea al planeta … Read entire article »
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Increased heart tolerance to hypoxia at high altitude
Prof. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo performed isolated dog heart perfusion in order to study heart function at high altitude. He then observed that the hearts of high altitude residents were more tolerant to hypoxia than those at sea level, around 1961. This is considered one of the first observations with this concept. Ever since and gradually it has been further studied and applied practically with distinguished colleagues such as Dr. Emilio Marticorena from Peru that showed that … Read entire article »
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Scientific articles ranking in high altitude domain
ranked scientific articles this way: Wednesday, June 1 , 2011 List 2: Top 10 Articles Published in the Same Domain Since Your Publication Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G: Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30 Go to the article León-Velarde F, Villafuerte FC, Richalet JP: Chronic mountain sickness and the heart. Prog Cardiovasc Dis; 2010 May-Jun;52(6):540-9 Go to the article Moore LG, Niermeyer S, Vargas … Read entire article »
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Chronic Hypoxia Symposium IV
Dear colleagues from around the world: After 3 successful Chronic Hypoxia Symposiums held in La Paz, Bolivia, we are very proud to announce that the IV Chronic Hypoxia Symposium will be held in India under the direction of Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh. Please stayed tunned for the preliminaries that will soon surface. In the meantime, we want to thank all those that participated and attended our III Chronic Hypoxia Symposium held in La Paz in Oct 2010. Our President Larry Silver was able to find support from CISCO that transmitted via Webex to all the participants live presentations from around the world. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja Vice-President International Society of Chronic Hypoxia … Read entire article »
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Chronic Hypoxia Symposium III ABSTRACTS
The III Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude October 16-23, 2010 click here to go to the website ABSTRACTS BREATH-HOLD DIVING AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. Hans Christian Møller Thorsen, Poul-Erik Paulev & Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen & High Altitude Pathology Institute (IPPA), Zubieta University. La Paz, Bolivia. www.altitudeclinic.com Breath-hold diving is used in many parts of the world as a sport, in order to get pearls and as a record breaking activity. The Pearl divers in the South Pacific typically perform repetitive BH dives to depths of 30 m or more for 1.5–2.5 minutes for about 6 hours a day. Some of the divers developed what was called “Taravana,” a disease similar to DCS and suspected to be due to nitrogen accumulation. The divers who developed “Taravana” primarily were having … Read entire article »
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Chronic Hypoxia Symposium III now live on the Internet
Hello dear friends and colleagues around the world: You can now participate in our Symposium on the web, from your office or home with a Powerpoint presentation. We are once more going to write history! And this time thanks to Larry Silver, President of the International Society of Chronic Hypoxia. Why history? Because it is the first time a conference dealing with hypoxia will be held from high altitude sites through the internet. That is, from a chronic … Read entire article »
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Forever: “Loss of Adaptation” does not exist!
Forever: “Loss of Adaptation” does not exist! Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) Honorary Director Español (mas abajo) Instituto Pulmonar y Patología de la Altura IPPA La Paz, Bolivia AltitudeClinic.com Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS) is a term that does not explain the ethiopathogenesis of the disease in response to the effect of chronic hypoxia. There is no CMS, but rather pulmonary (mainly), cardiac, carotid, kidney, hematological or genetic disease. All these associated to … Read entire article »
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Chronic Mountain Sickness Discussion Part 2
The following excerpts are from the E-mail discussion of the committee on chronic mountain sickness, prior to The 3rd World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology and The 18th Japanese Symposium on Mountain Medicine carried out in Matsumoto, Japan (May 20th – 24th, 1998). This is part 2/2 Respiratory studies in the Hyperoxic/Hypoxic Adaptation Chamber Date: 31 Mar 1998 08:23:27 U From: “John Reeves” Subject: Re: CMS discussion To: “Gustavo Zubieta” Cc: “Ingrid Asmus” , “Linda Curran” , “Dr. … Read entire article »
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Chronic Mountain Sickness discussion part 1
The following excerpts are from the E-mail discussion of the committee on chronic mountain sickness, prior to The 3rd World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology and The 18th Japanese Symposium on Mountain Medicine carried out in Matsumoto, Japan (May 20th – 24th, 1998). Part 1/2. Inside the Hyperoxic/hypoxic adaptation chamber using the Bogomoletz helmet. From: “GUSTAVO ZUBIETA M.D. * IPPA *” Date: … Read entire article »
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