The use of closed-circuit oxygen in the Himalayas

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-269

  Windsor, Jeremy S ^a   Rodway, George W ^b   Dick, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathing circuit; Carbon dioxide; Himalayas; Mt. Everest; Soda lime; Supplemental oxygen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPIRATORY FLOW; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TRAVEL; VENTILATOR; WATER VAPOR;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 28044450397     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2005.6.263     Document Type: Article

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