A TRIAL OF ENDURANCE : TREK TO EVEREST BASE CAMP / by Salleh Mohd. Nor, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr., 1940-, author 602740, Sabri Ahmad, author 445282, Alias Mohd. Noor, author, Azim Afif, author 611868, Siti Salamah Mohd. Shihab, author 241997

Rakaman Program Perkongsian Ilmu: Everest Base Camp, (18 Disember 2012) [electronic resource] / by Salleh Mohd Nor, Perpustakaan Sultanah Zanariah

Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Changes Associated With High-Altitude Acclimatization During an Everest Base Camp Trek by Ainash Childebayeva, Ainash Childebayeva, Ainash Childebayeva, Taylor Harman, Julien Weinstein, Trevor Day, Tom D. Brutsaert, Abigail W. Bigham

“…We collected a series of DNA samples from 15 participants of European ancestry trekking to Everest Base Camp to identify DNA methylation changes associated with incremental altitude ascent. …”
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Wilderness Mass Casualty Incident (MCI): Rescue chain after avalanche at Everest Base Camp (EBC) in 2015 by Zafren, K, Brants, A, Tabner, K, Nyberg, A, Pun, M, Basnyat, B, Brodmann Maeder, M

“…Moments after the earthquake, an avalanche of falling ice came down from above Everest Base Camp (EBC). The air blast created by the avalanche flattened the middle part of EBC, killing 15 people and injuring at least 70. …”

Cardiac response to hypobaric hypoxia: persistent changes in cardiac mass, function, and energy metabolism after a trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp. by Holloway, C, Montgomery, H, Murray, A, Cochlin, L, Codreanu, I, Hopwood, N, Johnson, A, Rider, O, Levett, D, Tyler, D, Francis, J, Neubauer, S, Grocott, M, Clarke, K

“…Healthy volunteers (n=14) were studied immediately before, and within 4 d of return from, a 17-d trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp (5300 m). (31)P magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy was used to measure cardiac phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP, and MR imaging and echocardiography were used to assess cardiac volumes, mass, and function. …”

Oral Coenzyme Q10 supplementation does not prevent cardiac alterations during a high altitude trek to everest base cAMP. by Holloway, C, Murray, A, Mitchell, K, Martin, D, Johnson, A, Cochlin, L, Codreanu, I, Dhillon, S, Rodway, G, Ashmore, T, Levett, D, Neubauer, S, Montgomery, H, Grocott, M, Clarke, K

“…Coenzyme Q10 supplementation did not, therefore, prevent the loss of left ventricular mass or change in diastolic function that occurred following a trek to Everest Base Camp.…”

Island Peak – a Popular Destination for Mountaineering in the Himalayas. Methodological and Practical Aspects by Ioan BÎCA

Subjects: “…climbing, trekking, mountaineering, Everest Base Camp Trek, summit day.…”
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Changes in pulmonary vascular responsiveness to hypoxia by Talbot, NP, Robbins, PA, Dorrington, KL

“…We read with interest the recent article by Luks et al. (2017), which reports the relationship between arterial oxygen saturation and an echocardiographic index of pulmonary artery pressure (tricuspid transvalvular pressure gradient, TVPG) in healthy volunteers at sea level and after undertaking a two-week trek to Everest base camp…”

Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning. by Konstadina Griva, Jan Stygall, Mark H Wilson, Daniel Martin, Denny Levett, Kay Mitchell, Monty Mythen, Hugh E Montgomery, Mike P Grocott, Golnar Aref-Adib, Mark Edsell, Tracie Plant, Chris Imray, Debbie Cooke, Jane Harrington, Maryam Khosravi, Stanton P Newman, Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group

“…These were studied at baseline (sea level), 3,500 m (Namche Bazaar), 5,300 m (Everest Base Camp) and on return to 1,300 m (Kathmandu) (attrition rate 23.7%). …”
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Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning by Griva, K, Stygall, J, Wilson, M, Martin, D, Levett, D, Mitchell, K, Mythen, M, Montgomery, H, Grocott, M, Aref-Adib, G, Edsell, M, Plant, T, Imray, C, Cooke, D, Harrington, J, Khosravi, M, Newman, S, Basnyat, B, Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group

“…These were studied at baseline (sea level), 3,500 m (Namche Bazaar), 5,300 m (Everest Base Camp) and on return to 1,300 m (Kathmandu) (attrition rate 23.7%). …”

Hypoxia, hypocapnia and spirometry at altitude. by Pollard, A, Barry, P, Mason, N, Collier, D, Pollard, R, Pollard, P, Martin, I, Fraser, R, Miller, MR, Milledge, J

“…We collected spirometric data from 51 members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition at sea level (barometric pressure 101.2-101.6 kPa) and at Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal (altitude 5300 m, barometric pressure 53-54.7 kPa) using a pocket turbine spirometer. …”

Temporary hypoxemia at high altitude in an intensive care unit physician by Kamal P Sharma

“…A 42-year-old pediatric intensive care unit physician traveled to Nepal and took a helicopter trip to Everest Base Camp. The helicopter reached an altitude of 5500 m during flight and descended at different destinations with varying altitudes. …”
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Configurational energy and the formation of mixed flowing/powder snow and ice avalanches by Perry Bartelt, Othmar Buser, Cesar Vera Valero, Yves Bühler

“…The ice avalanche that struck the Everest base camp on 25 April 2015 is simulated using the proposed concept.…”
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Acclimatization of skeletal muscle mitochondria to high-altitude hypoxia during an ascent of Everest. by Levett, D, Radford, E, Menassa, D, Graber, E, Morash, A, Hoppeler, H, Clarke, K, Martin, D, Ferguson-Smith, A, Montgomery, H, Grocott, M, Murray, A

“…Subacute exposure (19 d after initiating ascent to Everest base camp, 5300 m) was not associated with mitochondrial loss. …”

Effect of altitude on spirometric parameters and the performance of peak flow meters. by Pollard, A, Mason, N, Barry, P, Pollard, R, Collier, D, Fraser, R, Miller, MR, Milledge, J

“…METHODS: The variable orifice mini-Wright peak flow meter was compared with the fixed orifice Micro Medical Microplus turbine microspirometer at sea level and at Everest Base Camp (5300 m). Fifty one members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition were studied (age range, 19-55). …”

Assessment of psychotic symptoms in individuals exposed to very high or extreme altitude: a field study by Hüfner, K, Caramazza, F, Stawinoga, AE, Pircher Nöckler, ER, Fusar-Poli, P, Bhandari, SS, Basnyat, B, Brodmann Maeder, M, Strapazzon, G, Tomazin, I, Sperner-Unterweger, B, Brugger, H

“…<br><strong> Methods: </strong>In this field study at Everest Base Camp (5,365 m) in Nepal, 99 participants of organized expeditions underwent 279 assessments: The High Altitude Psychosis Questionnaire (HAPSY-Q), the Prodromal Questionnaire, 16-items (PQ-16), and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I., psychosis section) were collected together with further clinical data. …”

Susceptibility - weighted imaging: A valuable diagnostic tool for early detection of high-altitude cerebral edema: A case report by Kamal kandel, MBBS, Pradeep Raj Regmi, MD, Radiology, Saroj Poudel, MBBS

“…A 38-year-old female was airlifted from Everest base camp due to sudden onset of vertigo and dizziness. …”
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Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021 by Mauri Pelto, Prajjwal Panday, Tom Matthews, Jon Maurer, L. Baker Perry

“…Winter (DJF) ERA5 reanalysis temperature reconstructions for Everest Base Camp (5315 m) for the 1950–February 2021 period indicate that six days in the January 10–15 period in 2021 fell in the top 1% of all winter days since 1950, with January 13, January 14, and January 12, being the first, second, and third warmest winter days in the 72-year period. …”
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Melting Himalayan Glaciers Threaten Domestic Water Resources in the Mount Everest Region, Nepal by Leah R. Wood, Klaus Neumann, Kirsten N. Nicholson, Broxton W. Bird, Carolyn B. Dowling, Subodh Sharma

“…Samples were collected from the rivers, tributaries, springs, and taps along the major trekking route between Lukla and Everest Base Camp in the pre-monsoon seasons of 2016–2017. …”
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DNA Methylation Changes Are Associated With an Incremental Ascent to High Altitude by Ainash Childebayeva, Ainash Childebayeva, Ainash Childebayeva, Taylor Harman, Julien Weinstein, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Dana C. Dolinoy, Dana C. Dolinoy, Trevor A. Day, Abigail W. Bigham, Abigail W. Bigham, Tom D. Brutsaert

“…We collected saliva samples from a group of healthy adults of European ancestry (n = 21) in Kathmandu (1,400 m; baseline) and three altitudes during a trek to the Everest Base Camp: Namche (3,440 m; day 3), Pheriche (4,240 m; day 7), and Gorak Shep (5,160 m; day 10). …”
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