Changes in vagal tone with posture in asthma are related to changes in ventilatory pattern

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1001-1006

  Mukhopadhyay, J ^a   Bates, Ron ^a,b   Manney, Sarah ^a   Ayres, Jon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Posture; Ventilatory control

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING RATE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; VAGUS NERVE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33947716161     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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