Theophylline improves acute mountain sickness

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-127

  Fischer, R ^a,c   Lang, S M ^a   Steiner, U ^a   Toepfer, M ^a   Hautmann, H ^a   Pongratz, H ^b   Huber, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; High altitude; Oxygenation; Prevention; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; INSOMNIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033980625     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15a22.x     Document Type: Article

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