Tag Archives: pulmonary edema

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

May 17th, 2012 - 2:45 pm

One in a series of articles on the science of the expedition, this by Doug Summerfield, M.D. and Bryan Taylor, Ph.D. One interesting, and potentially very dangerous, component of Mountain Sickness is the development of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Innovations, People, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged altitude research, altitude sickness, HAPE, high altitude pulmonary edema, Mayo Clinic, Mount Everest, pulmonary edema | Leave a comment

“Tent” Trials for Everest

May 7th, 2012 - 8:08 am

The Mayo Everest Research Team has spent the last several weeks learning how the body reacts to extreme altitude by testing National Geographic and The North Face climbers preparing to summit Mt. Everest. But before they left to set up … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Events, Innovations, People, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged altitude research, altitude sickness, clinical trials, heart disease, Mayo Clinic, Mount Everest, National Geographic, pulmonary edema, The North Face | Leave a comment

Why We Are Here

May 1st, 2012 - 12:29 pm

This is the first of a series of articles about the science, medical applications and mission of the Mayo Everest expedition From Amine Issa, Ph.D. The first thing most people think of when they hear you are headed to Mount … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Findings, Innovations, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged altitude research, heart disease, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic research, Mount Everest, mountain climbing, physiology, pulmonary edema, sleep apnea | Leave a comment

Mayo Clinic Studies Climbers on Everest to Help Heart Patients at Home

March 21st, 2012 - 1:26 pm

It’s a natural laboratory for studying heart disease, lung problems, muscle loss, sleeping disorders and new medical technologies. It’s also the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest’s extreme altitude puts climbers under the same conditions experienced by patients suffering … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Heading to Mount Everest

March 17th, 2012 - 5:59 pm

Mayo Clinic will be sending five scientists to monitor a team of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest this spring. The goal is to learn more about the physiology of humans at high altitude in order to help patients with … Continue reading →