Prognostic value of cerebral near infrared spectroscopy and cerebral blood flow velocity for developing acute mountain sickness at high altitudes

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Hadolt, Irmgard ^a   Ausserer, Harald ^b   Feddersen, Berend ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness (AMS); High altitude; Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy; Nepal Himalayas; Neuromonitoring; Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846071001     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.681     Document Type: Article

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