title: Edge of endurance. A study of how climbers on Everest cope with low oxygen levels could benefit patients in intensive care.
abstract: A team of scientists and technicians will spend three months near Everest researching human performance at extreme altitude. Nurse Kay Mitchell is helping run the pioneering study.
authors.forename: Tamsin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010807:Physical Endurance
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen