During Yushu Earthquake,a large number of rescuers flocked to the mountainous quake areas. Under such a very specific circumstance,a high incidence of acute altitude illness was observed in rescuers who rapidly travel...During Yushu Earthquake,a large number of rescuers flocked to the mountainous quake areas. Under such a very specific circumstance,a high incidence of acute altitude illness was observed in rescuers who rapidly traveled from near sea level to an altitude of 4 000 m. It is evident that acute altitude illness leads to a significant human and economic toll,and also seriously influences the mountain rescue operation. So what does this teach us about mountain rescue in Yushu? Professor Wu Tianyi and many other authors collected shining points of the experiences and drew the lessons from the Yushu Earthquake into this special issue in Engineering Sciences which is like to thread pearl beads for a necklace. What readers learn from this special issue will have implications for the health and well-being of all high altitude populations all over the world.展开更多
A 64-year-old lady lying in supine position because multiple sclerosis, suffered a major stroke with no other plausible reasons but a hugc right-to-left shunt confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography as a patent fo...A 64-year-old lady lying in supine position because multiple sclerosis, suffered a major stroke with no other plausible reasons but a hugc right-to-left shunt confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography as a patent foramen ovale （PFO） with atrial septal aneurysm （ASA）. Further examination with transesophageal echocardiography was not possible because of hostile esophageal tract. During rehabilitation exercise protocol in upright position, the patient developed severe dyspnoea and hypoxaemia. The patient was taken into the catheterization lab and a right heart catheterization with intracardiac echocardiography and eventual closure of the interatrial communication was planned.展开更多
基金"973"National Key Basic Research and Development Program(No.2012CB518202)
文摘During Yushu Earthquake,a large number of rescuers flocked to the mountainous quake areas. Under such a very specific circumstance,a high incidence of acute altitude illness was observed in rescuers who rapidly traveled from near sea level to an altitude of 4 000 m. It is evident that acute altitude illness leads to a significant human and economic toll,and also seriously influences the mountain rescue operation. So what does this teach us about mountain rescue in Yushu? Professor Wu Tianyi and many other authors collected shining points of the experiences and drew the lessons from the Yushu Earthquake into this special issue in Engineering Sciences which is like to thread pearl beads for a necklace. What readers learn from this special issue will have implications for the health and well-being of all high altitude populations all over the world.
文摘A 64-year-old lady lying in supine position because multiple sclerosis, suffered a major stroke with no other plausible reasons but a hugc right-to-left shunt confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography as a patent foramen ovale （PFO） with atrial septal aneurysm （ASA）. Further examination with transesophageal echocardiography was not possible because of hostile esophageal tract. During rehabilitation exercise protocol in upright position, the patient developed severe dyspnoea and hypoxaemia. The patient was taken into the catheterization lab and a right heart catheterization with intracardiac echocardiography and eventual closure of the interatrial communication was planned.
