Where is travel medicine failing? Insights from high altitude trekking

An Eye on Travel: An Overview of Travel-Related Ocular Complications

Travellers are at risk of a diverse range of environmental and infectious conditions, some of which may affect the eyes and lead to blindness in severe cases. Travel-related ocular infections include onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, trachoma, dengue, loiasis, and leptospirosis. The travel medicine adviser should also recognise other hazards encountered during travel which may adver...

Unravelling the Pathogenesis of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: Are There Possible Insights From High Altitude?

Asthma in adventure travelers: a prospective study evaluating the occurrence and risk factors for acute exacerbations.

BACKGROUND Exacerbation of asthma during travel to remote regions may lead to devastating consequences. The course of asthma in travelers and the risk factors for disease exacerbation during travel have not been studied. METHODS We screened 5835 consecutive travelers and identified 203 patients with asthma. Before travel, all enrollees were assessed for presumed risk factors for asthma exacer...

View From Above: Bibliometric and Citation Analysis of Global High Altitude Medicine Research

Introduction: High altitude destinations are popular among international travelers. Travel medicine practitioners should be familiar with altitude physiology and high altitude illness recognition, prophylaxis, and management. We performed the first bibliometric analysis of high altitude medicine research. Methods: All articles published in a specialist hi...

Cited from : the Altitude Experience : Successful Trekking and Climbing

contributions of peripheral muscle fatigue to exercise performance. neurological changes after a single high altitude climb. Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:969–972. mineral density: a twin study. et al. 1997. The effects of high altitude trekking on body composition and resting metabolic rate.