Effect of magnesium, high altitude and acute mountain sickness on blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-285

  Lysakowski, Christopher ^a   Von Elm, Erik ^a   Dumont, Lionel ^a   Junod, Jean Daniel ^a   Tassonyi, Edömer ^a   Kayser, Bengt ^b   Tramèr, Martin R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Acute mountain sickness; Dexamethasone; Magnesium; Randomized controlled trial; Regression analysis; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CITRIC ACID; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1642295531     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030188     Document Type: Article

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