Cardiopulmonary transition in the high altitude infant

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-239

  Niermeyer, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Hemoglobin; Infant; Infant mortality; Newborn; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING REFLEX; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0043132041     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903322022820     Document Type: Article

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