Physiologic response to moderate altitude exposure among infants and young children

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Yaron, Michael ^a   Niermeyer, Susan ^b   Lindgren, Kjell N ^c   Honigman, Benjamin ^a   Strain, John D ^b   Cairns, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Doppler ultrasonography; Hypoxia; Near infrared spectroscopy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYPNEA; TRAVEL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0347708658     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903321488988     Document Type: Article

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