Authors:D. Maulik, R. Laurini, Ph. Arbeille,
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: hypoxia, fetal
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 1999-06-15
List price: $109.95
ISBN-10: 1850700125
ISBN-13: 9781850700128
This is a high-level clinical reference text on sonographic findings in a range of cases of fetal hypoxia. It contains eleven chapters on hypoxic-ischemic events during fetal life, fetal hemodynamics and brain damage, fetal chronic hypoxia from cocaine exposure, fetal hypoxia from malaria, cerebral and umbilical Doppler ultrasonography, fetal placental embolization, cerebral asphyxial encephalopathy, brain damage, integrity of the fetal nervous system, and fetal heart rate, movement, and blood flow velocity waveform patterns. It also contains a case study of fetal hemodynamics and brain damage
Author: Jon C. Kolb
Publisher: Dissertation.Com.
Keywords: humans, hypoxia, intermittent, responses, physiological
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2004-10-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1581122411
ISBN-13: 9781581122411
The goal of this dissertation is to provide a detailed investigation into the physiologic and symptomatic responses following an intervention of discontinuous normobaric hypoxia, which employs portable chambers. To accomplish this, an intermittent protocol was developed which cycled between 8 hrs of nocturnal hypoxia at a simulated altitude of 4300m, followed by 16 hrs of normoxia, for five consecutive days. Specifically, it is not currently known if cerebrovascular and ventilatory sensitivities to acute hypoxia are altered, or if altitude-like symptoms develop, in response to such an intermit
Authors:Jeffrey G. Richards, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Br
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: physiology, fish, volume, hypoxia
Number of Pages: 517
Published: 2009-03-15
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0123746329
ISBN-13: 9780123746320
Periods of environmental hypoxia (Low Oxygen Availability) are extremely common in aquatic systems due to both natural causes such as diurnal oscillations in algal respiration, seasonal flooding, stratification, under ice cover in lakes, and isolation of densely vegetated water bodies, as well as more recent anthropogenic causes (e.g. eutrophication). In view of this, it is perhaps not surprising that among all vertebrates, fish boast the largest number of hypoxia tolerant species; hypoxia has clearly played an important role in shaping the evolution of many unique adaptive strategies. These
Authors:Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meye
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, environmental, management, springer, mexico, northern, gulf, hypoxia
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2010-03-19
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0387896856
ISBN-13: 9780387896854
The goal of the book is to examine scientific advances since 2000 that may have increased understanding and options in three general areas related to hypoxia: Characterization the Cause(s) of Hypoxia. The physical, biological and chemical processes that affect the development, persistence and extent of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Characterization of Nutrient Fate, Transport and Sources. Nutrient loadings, fate, transport and sources in the Mississippi River that impact Gulf Hypoxia. Scientific Basis for Goals and Management Options. The scientific basis for, and recommended rev
Author: H.J. Machulla
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: developments, nuclear, medicine, tracer, hypoxia, imaging
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1999-01-31
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 0792355296
ISBN-13: 9780792355298
Hypoxia, i.e. insufficient availability of oxygen within the tissue, is a more serious problem than realized in clinical routine work, although a large variety of theoretical and experimental data give clearly proven indications. During incidences and progress of many types of diseases hypoxia may enhance development and progress of the disease and, furthermore, decrease chances of efficient treatment of, e.g., tumors. Hypoxic tumor cells are up to three times more resistant towards radiation therapy than normoxic cells. With a diagnostic tool such as provided by hypoxia tracers suitab
Authors:Peter W. Hochachka, Peter L. Lutz, Thomas J. Sick, My
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: adaptation, control, mechanisms, hypoxia, surviving
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1993-03-24
List price: $309.95
ISBN-10: 0849342260
ISBN-13: 9780849342264
Surviving Hypoxia: Mechanisms of Control and Adaptation is a synthesis of findings and thoughts concerning hypoxia. The thermodynamics of hypoxia are discussed in detail, including acid-base balance and self-pollution resulting from the accumulation of anaerobic end-products. The book focuses on descriptions and discussions of common facets, contrasting solutions in a variety of physiological hypoxia defense strategies, including those shown by plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Special treatment is given to the distinctive problems that hypoxia presents to vulnerable organs such as the k
Authors:Nancy N. Rabalais, R. E. Turner,
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Keywords: coastal, estuarine, sciences, ecosystems, living, hypoxia, consequences, resources
Number of Pages: 463
Published: 2001-01
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 0875902723
ISBN-13: 9780875902722
