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Overview

Peter Bärtsch is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work predominantly focuses on high altitude and hypoxia, integrating fields such as genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and public health.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentrated interest in physiological responses to high altitude and hypoxic conditions. Notable papers include:

  • Genetic Predisposition to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema, 2020, High Altitude Medicine & Biology
  • Exposure to 16 hours of normobaric hypoxia induces ionic edema in the healthy brain, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Effects of acetazolamide on pulmonary artery pressure and prevention of high-altitude pulmonary edema after rapid active ascent to 4,559 m, 2022, Journal of Applied Physiology
  • No renal dysfunction or salt and water retention in acute mountain sickness at 4,559 m among young resting males after passive ascent, 2020, Journal of Applied Physiology
  • Prevalence and knowledge about acute mountain sickness in the Western Alps, 2023, PLoS ONE

Peter Bärtsch frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Marc Moritz Berger
  • Erik R. Swenson
  • Jérôme Biollaz
  • Wulf Hildebrandt
  • Christoph Dehnert

The scientist has published multiple times in a select group of journals and venues, such as:

  • High Altitude Medicine & Biology
  • Journal of Applied Physiology
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their main research areas include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields covered by their work are:

  • Genetics
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology

Core topics addressed in the research by Peter Bärtsch consist of:

  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide

Best Publications

  • The 2018 Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score.

    R C Roach;P H Hackett;O Oelz;P Bärtsch

  • THE LAKE-LOUISE ACUTE MOUNTAIN-SICKNESS SCORING SYSTEM

    R C Roach;P Bartsch;P H Hackett;O Oelz

  • Acute High-Altitude Illnesses

    Peter Bärtsch;Erik R. Swenson

  • Prevention of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema by Nifedipine

    Peter Bartsch;Marco Maggiorini;Manfred Ritter;Christof Noti

  • Effect of Altitude on the Heart and the Lungs

    Peter Bärtsch;J. Simon R. Gibbs

  • Exercise Training for Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention of Falls in Geriatric Patients with a History of Injurious Falls

    Klaus Hauer;Brenda Rost;Kirstin Rütschle;Hedda Opitz

  • Inhaled nitric oxide for high-altitude pulmonary edema

    Urs Scherrer;Laurent Vollenweider;Alain Delabays;Milos Savcic

  • Acute high-altitude sickness

    Andrew M. Luks;Erik R. Swenson;Erik R. Swenson;Peter Bärtsch

  • Physiological aspects of high-altitude pulmonary edema

    Peter Bärtsch;Heimo Mairbäurl;Marco Maggiorini;Erik R. Swenson

  • Pathogenesis of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Inflammation Is Not an Etiologic Factor

    Erik R. Swenson;Marco Maggiorini;Stephen Mongovin;J. Simon R. Gibbs

  • Both tadalafil and dexamethasone may reduce the incidence of high-altitude pulmonary edema: a randomized trial.

    Marco Maggiorini;Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca;Simon Peth;Manuel Fischler

  • Acute mountain sickness: influence of susceptibility, preexposure, and ascent rate.

    Michael Schneider;Dirke Bernasch;Jorn Weymann;Rolf Holle

  • Astroglial Protein S-100 Is an Early and Sensitive Marker of Hypoxic Brain Damage and Outcome After Cardiac Arrest in Humans

    Bernd W. Böttiger;Stefan Möbes;Rolf Glätzer;Harald Bauer

  • Intensive physical training in geriatric patients after severe falls and hip surgery

    Klaus Hauer;Norbert Specht;Matthias Schuler;Peter Bärtsch

  • General introduction to altitude adaptation and mountain sickness.

    P Bärtsch;B Saltin

  • Augmented Sympathetic Activation During Short-Term Hypoxia and High-Altitude Exposure in Subjects Susceptible to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

    Hervé Duplain;Laurent Vollenweider;Alain Delabays;Pascal Nicod

  • Nifedipine for High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema

    Oswald Oelz;Manfred Ritter;Rolf Jenni;Marco Maggiorini

  • Stress Doppler echocardiography for identification of susceptibility to high altitude pulmonary edema.

    Ekkehard Grünig;Derliz Mereles;Wulf Hildebrandt;Erik R Swenson

  • Hypoxia decreases exhaled nitric oxide in mountaineers susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema.

    Thilo Busch;Peter Bärtsch;Dirk Pappert;Ekkehard Grünig

  • Endothelin-1 in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With High-Altitude Exposure

    Stefan Goerre;Markus Wenk;Peter Bärtsch;Thomas F. Lüscher

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Vock
Peter Vock University of Bern
Robert Naeije
Robert Naeije Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pascal Nicod
Pascal Nicod University Hospital of Lausanne
Hugo A. Katus
Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University
David R. Murdoch
David R. Murdoch University of Otago
Jose A. L. Calbet
Jose A. L. Calbet University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gunther Hartmann
Gunther Hartmann University Hospital Bonn
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Kai-Håkon Carlsen
Kai-Håkon Carlsen University of Oslo
Wulf Dröge
Wulf Dröge German Cancer Research Center

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