Time

Title+Authors

1730-1736

CEREBROVASCULAR RESPONSES TO EXOGENOUS NO AT ALTITUDE AND DURING INDUCED HYPEROXIA IN LADAKH HIGHLANDERS.  E Prisman1, M Slessarev1, S Ito1, R Watson2, D Preiss1, A Vesely1, D Greene3, T Norboo4, T Stobdan4, D Diskit5, A Norboo5, M Kunang6, JA Fisher1, O Appenzeller7   1Departments of Anesthesia and Physiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto2University of California, San Diego3New Mexico Highlands University4Ladakh Institute of Prevention and Ladakh Heart Foundation5Sonam Norboo memorial hospital Leh, Ladakh6Ladakh autonomous hill development council7NMHEMCRF, Albuquerque, NM. eitan.prisman@utoronto.ca.

1736-1742

NEW NON-INVASIVE FICK CARDIAC OUTPUT ESTIMATION AT 3300 M..  David Preiss, Marat Slessarev, Alexander Ivanoff, Ron Somogyi, Vladimir Slessarev, Joseph Fisher   Department of Anesthesia, University Health Network. david.preiss@utoronto.ca.

1742-1748

THE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW RESPONSE TO CO2 IN HIMALAYAN HIGHLANDERS WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS.  M Slessarev1, E Prisman1, S Ito1, R Watson2, D Preiss1, R Greene3, T Norboo4, T Stobdan4, D Diskit5, A Norboo5, M Kunzang6, JA Fisher1, J Duffin1, O Appenzeller7   1Departments of Anesthesia and Physiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto2University of California, San Diego3New Mexico Highlands University4Ladakh Institute of Prevention and Ladakh Heart Foundation5Sonam Norboo Memorial Hospital Leh, Ladakh6Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council7NMHEMCRF, Albuquerque, NM. Email:  marat.slessarev@utoronto.ca.

1748-1754

CEREBROVASCULAR RESPONSE TO SUSTAINED POIKILOCAPNIC HYPOXIA IN HUMANS: EVIDENCE OF A BIPHASIC RESPONSE. CD Steinback1, MJ Poulin1,2,3,4. 1Department of Physiology & Biophysics, 2Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 3Faculty of Medicine, 4Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary. Email: cdsteinb@uwo.ca.

1754-1800

LACK OF PROTECTION AGAINST HYPOXIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN BOLIVIAN HIGH ALTITUDE NATIVES? Marcos Schwab1, Thomas Stuber2, Pierre-Yves Jayet1, Jonathan Bloch1, Carlos Salinas3, Hilde Spielvogel3, Mercedes Villena3, Yves Allemann2, Claudio Sartori1, Urs Scherrer1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, 3Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, La Paz, Bolivia. Email: Marcos.Schwab@chuv.ch.

1800-1806

NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ON MOUNT EVEREST. AI Sutherland1, DS Morris2, CG Owen3, AJ Bron4, RC Roach5. 1Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, UK, 2Dept of Ophthalmology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK, 3Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, UK, 4Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK, 5Colorado Center for Altitude Medicine and Physiology, University of Colorado, Denver, USA. Email: aisutherland@mac.com.

1806-1812

FINDING GENE CANDIDATES FOR NATURAL SELECTION IN HIGH-ALTITUDE PREGNANCY. Megan J. Wilson1, 2, Abigail Bigham3, Mark Shriver3, Colleen G. Julian1, 2, Enrique Vargas4, Lorna G. Moore1, 2. 1Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 2Dept of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 3Anthropological Genetics Lab, Pennsylvania State University, 4Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, La Paz, BO. Email: megan.wilson@uchsc.edu.

1812-1818

ASCENT PROFILES OF PARAGLIDING AT MODERATE AND EXTREME ALTITUDES. Michelle White1, Mike Coupe2, Nia Griffiths3. 1Dept of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Canada, 2Dept of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Bath. UK, 3Dept of Anaesthesia, Southmead Hospital, Bristol. UK. Email: mcwdoc@doctors.org.uk.

1818-1824

CHEST ULTRASONOGRAPHY EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFIES AND MONITORS EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER IN HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA. Peter J. Fagenholz1,5, Jonathan A. Gutman2,5, Alice F. Murray3,5, Vicki E. Noble4, Stephen H. Thomas4, N. Stuart Harris4. 1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2Hematology-Oncology Division, University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 3Emergency Department, New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 4Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 5Himalayan Rescue Association Pheriche Clinic, Spring 2006. Email: pfagenholz@partners.org.