Operation Everest II: oxygen transport during exercise at extreme simulated altitude

…, PM Young, SD Walter, CS Houston - Journal of Applied …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
A decrease in maximal O2 uptake has been demonstrated with increasing altitude. However,
direct measurements of individual links in the O2 transport chain at extreme altitude have …

Techniques for application of faecal DNA methods to field studies of Ursids

SK Wasser, CS Houston, GM Koehler… - Molecular …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We describe methods for the preservation, extraction and amplification of DNA from faeces
that facilitate field applications of faecal DNA technology. Mitochondrial, protein encoding …

Operation Everest II: elevated high-altitude pulmonary resistance unresponsive to oxygen

…, PB Rock, PM Young, CS Houston - Journal of Applied …, 1987 - journals.physiology.org
High altitude increases pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), but no measurements have been
made in humans above 4,500 m. Eight male athletic volunteers were decompressed in a …

Operation Everest. II: Nutrition and body composition

MS Rose, CS Houston, CS Fulco… - Journal of Applied …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
Progressive body weight loss occurs during high mountain expeditions, but whether it is
due to hypoxia, inadequate diet, malabsorption, or the multiple stresses of the harsh …

Operation Everest II: preservation of cardiac function at extreme altitude

…, PB Rock, PM Young, CS Houston - Journal of Applied …, 1987 - journals.physiology.org
Hypoxia at high altitude could depress cardiac function and decrease exercise capacity. If so,
impaired cardiac function should occur with the extreme, chronic hypoxemia of the 40-day …

The campomelic syndrome: Review, report of 17 cases, and follow‐up on the currently 17‐year‐old boy first reported by Maroteaux et al in 1971

CS Houston, JM Opitz, JW Spranger… - American journal of …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
… We report 17 cases of the campomelic syndrome (CS) and a follow-up of one of the
original patients of Maroteaux et a1 who is now 17 years old. Our review is based on 97 …

The cost to the central nervous system of climbing to extremely high altitude

…, RB Schoene, JR Sutton, CS Houston - … England Journal of …, 1989 - Mass Medical Soc
To assess the possibility that climbing to extremely high altitude may result in hypoxic injury
to the brain, we performed neuropsychological and physiologic testing on 35 mountaineers …

Operation Everest II: adaptations in human skeletal muscle

…, PM Young, CS Houston - Journal of Applied …, 1989 - journals.physiology.org
Adaptations in skeletal muscle in response to progressive hypobaria were investigated in
eight male subjects [maximal O2 uptake = 51.2 +/- 3.0 (SE) ml.kg-1.min-1] over 40 days of …

Acute pulmonary edema of high altitude

CS Houston - New England Journal of Medicine, 1960 - Mass Medical Soc
MOUNTAINEERS have from time to time reported cases of rapid death attributed to pneumonia,
occurring most often in healthy, active persons engaged in strenuous activity at altitudes …

Operation Everest II: structural adaptations in skeletal muscle in response to extreme simulated altitude

…, A Cymerman, P Young, CS Houston - Acta Physiologica …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Alterations in skeletal muscle structure were investigated in 6 male subjects who underwent
40 days of progressive decompression in a hypobaric chamber simulating an ascent to the …