Measurement of inferior vena cava diameter for evaluation of venous return in subjects on day 10 of a bed-rest experiment

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2179-2186

  Ishizaki, Yuko ^a   Fukuoka, Hideoki ^b   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^c   Kino, Minoru ^d   Higashino, Hirohiko ^a   Ueda, Nobuo ^e   Fujii, Yuri ^a   Kobayashi, Yohnosuke ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nakano Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^e UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal echograms; Body water compartments; Head down tilt; Orthostatic intolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BODY WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC DYSREGULATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 2442649091     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01097.2003     Document Type: Article

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