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tight-fit hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Respiratory physiology

proposal that people with less spare intracranial room for cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood are more prone to mountain sickness when the brain swells at altitude.

In respiratory physiology, tight-fit hypothesis refers to proposal that people with less spare intracranial room for cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood are more prone to mountain sickness when the brain swells at altitude. This meaning comes from Wilson (2009) in The Lancet Neurology.[1]

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  1. Wilson, M. H., Newman, S., & Imray, C. H. (2009). The cerebral effects of ascent to high altitudes. The Lancet Neurology, 8(2), 175-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(09)70014-6

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