Ventilation is greater in women than men, but the increase during acute altitude hypoxia is the same

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Loeppky, Jack A ^a   Scotto, Pietro ^b   Charlton, Gerald C ^d   Gates, Lee ^e   Icenogle, Milton ^d   Roach, Rob C ^c  

^a New Mexico Resonance   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA Medical Center   (United States)

^e Lovelace Sandia Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas exchange, AaDO2, gender differences; Gender, differences, AaDO2; Heterogeneity, ventilation perfusion, gender; Hormones, menstrual cycle; Hypoxia, altitude, gender difference; Mammals, humans; Pharmacological agents, oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035097849     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(00)00221-8     Document Type: Article

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