Lung diffusing capacity and exercise in subjects with previous high altitude pulmonary oedema

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 643-650

  Steinacker, J M ^a   Tobias, P ^a   Menold, E ^a   Reissnecker S ^a   Hohenhaus, E ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Lehmann, M ^a   Bartsch P ^b   Swenson, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Hypoxia; Pulmonary diffusing capacity; Pulmonary gas exchange; Pulmonary ventilation; Whole body plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031900196     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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