Alberto Hurtado Abadía, Peruvian physiologist (Lima 29
August 1901 – Lima 01 November 1983) Authored over 300 works First described high altitude acute
pulmonary edema known (HAPE or Hurtado disease) in Physiological and
Pathological Aspects of Life at High Altitudes (1937) Pointed out that hypoventilation of
one suffering sickness mountain was due to a minor sensibility of respiratory
center to carbon dioxide With H. Aste Salazar showed a minor
affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen in hypoxic environment (1944) HONORS Houssay Prize, OAS (1972) |
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