Effects of acute hypobaric hypoxia on resting and postprandial superior mesenteric artery blood flow

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Loshbaugh, Jenny E ^a   Loeppky, Jack A ^b   Greene, E Richard ^c  

^a Family Birthing Center   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness (AMS); Appetite and digestibility at altitude; Gastrointestinal symptoms of AMS; Intestinal blood flow regulation at altitude; Postprandial intestinal blood flow; Weight loss at altitude

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; NEW MEXICO; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 33645640846     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.47     Document Type: Article

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