Hemoglobin levels in Qinghai-Tibet: different effects of gender for Tibetans vs. HanTianyi Wu
High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Nanchua West Road 344, Xining, Qinghai, 810012, PR China
J Appl Physiol 98:598-604. 2005
..We suggest that the Han-Tibetan ethnic difference in the effect of altitude on hemoglobin concentration depends to a large extent on gender...
Altitude illness in Qinghai–Tibet railroad passengersTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad, PRC
High Alt Med Biol 11:189-98. 2010
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Reduced incidence and severity of acute mountain sickness in Qinghai-Tibet railroad construction workers after repeated 7-month exposures despite 5-month low altitude periodsTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad, P R China
High Alt Med Biol 10:221-32. 2009
..In conclusion, repetitive 7-month exposures increasingly protect lowlanders against AMS, even when interspaced with 5-month periods spent at low altitude, but do not allow attaining the level of adaptation of altitude natives...
Who should not go high: chronic disease and work at altitude during construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroadTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad, P R China
High Alt Med Biol 8:88-107. 2007
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High-altitude gastrointestinal bleeding: an observation in Qinghai-Tibetan railroad construction workers on Mountain TanggulaTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of Ministry of Railway, High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining 810012, Qinghai Province, China
World J Gastroenterol 13:774-80. 2007
..To investigate the gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) in people from lowland to high altitude and in workers on Mountain Tanggula and its causes as well as treatment and prophylaxis...
Ataxia: an early indicator in high altitude cerebral edemaTianyi Wu
The Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railway, PRC, High Altitude Medicine Research Institute, Qinghai, People s Republic of China
High Alt Med Biol 7:275-80. 2006
..However, there are no detailed analyses of ataxia in HACE. This paper considers the relation between ataxia and HACE and its frequency, significance, and importance...
Chronic mountain sickness on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateauTian-yi Wu
High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining 810012, China
Chin Med J (Engl) 118:161-8. 2005
A Tibetan with chronic mountain sickness followed by high altitude pulmonary edema on reentryTianyi Wu
High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining, Qinghai, P R China
High Alt Med Biol 5:190-4. 2004
..In addition, strenuous exercise and high levels (to approximately 1000 ng/L) of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide may have contributed to HAPE...
Neurological conditions at altitude that fall outside the usual definition of altitude sicknessBuddha Basnyat
Nepal International Clinic and Himalayan Rescue Association, Department of Physiology, Institute of Medicine and Patan Hospital, Kathmandi, NEPA
High Alt Med Biol 5:171-9. 2004
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Smoking, acute mountain sickness and altitude acclimatisation: a cohort studyTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad, Beijing, People s Republic of China
Thorax 67:914-9. 2012
..The relationship between cigarette smoking and acute mountain sickness (AMS) is not clear...
Who are more at risk for acute mountain sickness: a prospective study in Qinghai-Tibet railroad construction workers on Mt. TanggulaTian Yi Wu
Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railway, High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining, Qinghai 810012, China
Chin Med J (Engl) 125:1393-400. 2012
..Tanggula during the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad. This study explored the risk factors predisposing workers to developing AMS and attempted to develop more effective ways of preventing and treating AMS...
High altitude adaptation in TibetansTianyi Wu
National Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, Department of Hypoxic Physiology and Mountain Medicine, High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining, Qinghai, P. R. China
High Alt Med Biol 7:193-208. 2006
..In conclusion, Tibetans indeed seem better adapted to life and work at high altitude, and this superior adaptation may very well be inborn, even though its exact genetic basis remains to be elucidated...
Tibetans at extreme altitudeTianyi Wu
Department of Hypoxic Physiology and Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Xining, Qinghai, People s Republic of China
Wilderness Environ Med 16:47-54. 2005
..These differences appear to represent genetic adaptations and are obviously significant for humans at extreme altitude. This paper reviews what is known about the physiologic responses of Tibetans at extreme altitudes...