Determinants of blood oxygenation during pregnancy in Andean and European residents of high altitude

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Vargas, Marco ^a   Vargas, Enrique ^a   Julian, Colleen G ^c   Armaza, J Fernando ^a   Rodriguez, Armando ^a   Tellez, Wilma ^a   Niermeyer, Susan ^c   Wilson, Megan ^c   Parra, Esteban ^b   Shriver, Mark ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Genetics of birth weight; Human adaptation; Hypoxia; Infant birth weight; Respiratory pattern; Ventilation; Ventilatory control

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; BOLIVIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART RATE, FETAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 34548398883     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00805.2006     Document Type: Article

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