Noninvasive assessment of cerebral oxygenation during high altitude trekking in the Nepal Himalayas (2850-5600 m)

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Hadolt, Irmgard ^a   Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness (AMS); High altitude; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Nepal Himalayas; Neuromonitoring; Peripheral oxygen saturation (SaO2); Regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2); Trekking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 0037370131     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201175     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Basnyat B, Savard GK, Zafren K. Trends in the workload of the two high altitude aid posts in the Nepal Himalayas. J Travel Med 1999; 6: 217-222
2. Berghold F, Schaffert W. Die akute Höhenkrankheit. Handbuch der Trekking- und Expeditionsmedizin, Munich: DAV Summit Club, 1999
3. Hackett PH. The cerebral etiology of high-altitude cerebral edema and acute mountain sickness. Wilderness Environ Med 1999; 10: 97-109
4. Brundrett G. Sickness at high altitude: A literature review. J R Soc Health 2002; 122: 14-20
5. Litscher G, Schwarz G, eds. Transcranial Cerebral Oximetry, Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers, 1997
6. Okada E, Firbank M, Schweiger M, Arridge SR, Cope M, Delpy DT. Theoretical and experimental investigations of near-infrared light propagation in a model of the adult head. Appl Optics 1997; 36: 21-31
7. Hongo K, Kobayashi S, Okudera H, Hokama M, Nakagawa F. Noninvasive cerebral optical spectroscopy: Depth-resolved measurements of cerebral haemodynamics using indocyanine green. Neurol Res 1995; 17: 89-93
8. Møller K, Paulson OB, Hornbein TF, Colier WN, Paulson AS, Roach RC, Holm S, Knudsen GM. Unchanged cerebral blood flow and oxidative metabolism after acclimatization to high altitude. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2002; 22: 118-126
9. Saito S, Nishihara F, Takazawa T, Kanai M, Aso C, Shiga T, Shimada H. Exercise-induced cerebral deoxygenation among untrained trekkers at moderate altitudes. Arch Environ Health 1999; 54: 271-276
10. Imray CH, Brearey S, Clarke T, Hale D, Morgan J, Walsh S, Wright AD. Cerebral oxygenation at high altitude and the response to carbon dioxide, hyperventilation and oxygen. Clin Sci (Lond) 2000; 98: 159-164
11. Basnyat B. Seizure and hemiparesis at high-altitude outside the setting of acute mountain sickness. Wilderness Environ Med 1997; 8: 221-222
12. Mullner-Eidenbock A, Rainer G, Strenn K, Zidek T. High-altitude retinopathy and retinal vascular dysregulation. Eye 2000; 14: 724-729
13. Moraga FA, Osorio JD, Vargas ME. Acute mountain sickness in tourists with children at Lake Chungara (4400 m) in Northern Chile. Wilderness Environ Med 2002; 13: 31-35
14. Imray CH, Clarke T, Forster PJ, Harvey TC, Hoar H, Walsh S, Wright AD. Carbon dioxide contributes to the beneficial effect of pressurization in a portable hyperbaric chamber at high altitude. Clin Sci (Lond) 2001; 100: 151-157
15. Schwarz G, Litscher G, Kleinert R, Jobstmann R. Cerebral oximetry in dead subjects. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 1996; 8: 189-193