High altitude medicine in China in the 21st century: Opportunities and challenges

Lan Huang

doi:10.1186/2054-9369-1-17

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High altitude medicine in China in the 21st century: Opportunities and challenges

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- High altitude medicine in China in the 21st century: Opportunities and challenges
- Military Medical Research Vol. 1, Issue 2, Pages: 80-83(2014)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Cardiology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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  *: huanglan260@126.com
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- DOI：10.1186/2054-9369-1-17
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- Published：2014-06
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Huang: High altitude medicine in China in the 21st century: opportunities and challenges. Mil Med Res 2014, 1: 17
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Huang: High altitude medicine in China in the 21st century: opportunities and challenges. Mil Med Res 2014, 1: 17 DOI： 10.1186/2054-9369-1-17.

摘要

Abstract

China has the largest plateau

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

where inhabited the most high altitude populations. Moreover

millions of people from plain areas come to the plateau for travel and work purposes and the number of the newcomers has been increasing every year. The hypoxic environment of plateau raised a series of related health issues in the new immigrants

so have created a special medical discipline - High Altitude Medicine. Over the past decades

researches on high altitude medicine have never being ceased in China

and lots of research findings have been reported. Application and practice of these achievements have greatly decreased the mobility and mortality of high-altitude diseases

however

there remained lots of questions to be elucidated. In view of this

the authors were granted a special project from the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China

and conducted a multi-center

prospective

on-scene high altitude medicine study for the acute mountain sickness. Some innovative findings were achieved

and the parameters for diagnosis and application conditions were proposed. Furthermore

the different diagnoses and treatment effects were compared

and a more standardized

reasonable scheme was drawn up. Regarding the unbalanced medical resources in the vast high altitude area

an application system for the public and the army has been established. In the 21st century

innovations in China and novel research approaches have provided great opportunities for the development of high altitude medicine. It is believed that the researchers in China are able to catch the opportunities and address the challenges.

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