Supplemental oxygen and sleep at altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-311

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mountaineering; Nasal demand breathing system; Periodic breathing

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

EID: 33846216284     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.307     Document Type: Article

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