Ventilatory responses to hypoxia and high altitude during sleep in aconcagua climbers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-145

  Snyder, Eric M ^a,c   Stepanek, Jan ^a   Bishop, Sheryl L ^b   Johnson, Bruce D ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude; Hypoxia; Low oxygen; Periodic breathing; Respiration; Sleep; Ventilatory response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SIMULATION; SLEEP; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 34447305179     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-BR-041R.1     Document Type: Article

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