Retrospective cohort study of risk factors for developing acute mountain sickness and high-altitude pulmonary edema in the ecuadorian Andes

The Andes divide Ecuador in low (sea-level, Coast) and high altitude (HA defined as >2,500 m.a.s.l., Sierra) regions. Whereas many Ecuadorians live at HA, others have to overcome slopes over 4,000 m.a.s.l to commute from Coast to Sierra. Because of the hypobaric pressure starting at HA and th...

• Үндсэн зохиолч: Sánchez Blacio, Karen Elizabeth (author)
• Формат: bachelorThesis
• Хэл сонгох: eng
• Хэвлэсэн: 2019
• Нөхцлүүд: HAPE; AMS; Hypoxia; Hemoglobin; High-altitude illness; Epidemiology; Hipoxia; Hemoglobina; Enfermedad de gran altura; Epidemiología
• Онлайн хандалт: http://repositorio.yachaytech.edu.ec/handle/123456789/91