Adrenergic, respiratory, and cardiovascular effects of core cooling in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Frank, Steven M ^a,c   Higgins, Michael S ^a   Fleisher, Lee A ^a   Sitzmann, James V ^a   Raff, Hershel ^b   Breslow, Michael J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epinephrine; hemodynamic; hypothermia; metabolism; norepinephrine; thermoregulatio n

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC RATE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030969415     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.2.r557     Document Type: Article

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