Extreme Altitude Mountaineering and Type 1 Diabetes: The Cho Oyu Alpinisti in Alta Quota Expedition
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Diabetes and extreme altitude mountaineering.
Increasing numbers of people with diabetes are seeking advice about participation in high altitude climbing, which has the problems of serious metabolic demands, a high likelihood of acute mountain sickness (AMS), and leaving the climber remote from medical care. The American Diabetes Association states that “all levels of exercise, including leisure activities, recreational sports, and competi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.11.3196