Normo or hypobaric hypoxic tests: Propositions for the determination of the individual susceptibility to altitude illnesses

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-205

  Savourey, Gustave ^a   Launay, Jean Claude ^a   Besnard, Yves ^a   Guinet Lebreton, Angélique ^a   Alonso, Antonia ^a   Sauvet, Fabien ^a   Bourrilhon, Cyprien ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude illnesses; Hypoxia; Hypoxic tests

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34247583496     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0417-8     Document Type: Article

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