Monitoring of expiratory flow rates and lung volumes during a high altitude expedition

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 469-474

  Fischer, Rainald ^a   Lang, S M ^b   Bergner, A ^a   Huber, R M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinik Bad Reichenhall   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forced expiratory volume; High altitude; Portable spirometer; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PULSE RATE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 28444451599     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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