Going to high altitude with a newborn infant

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Niermeyer, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Congenital disorders; Fetal circulation; Hypoxia; Oxygen saturation; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 34347253233     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1068     Document Type: Review

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