Glomerular filtration rate estimates decrease during high altitude expedition but increase with Lake Louise acute mountain sickness scores

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-450

  Pichler, J ^a   Risch, L ^b   Hefti, U ^a   Merz, T M ^c   Turk, A J ^d   Bloch, K E ^d   Maggiorini, M ^d   Hess, T ^e   Barthelmes, D ^d   Schoch, O D ^f   Risch, G ^g   Huber, A R ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL FELDKIRCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Pulmonary Division   (Czech Republic)

^f KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g LMZ Risch Laboratories   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Altitude; Brain natriuretic peptide; Glomerular filtration rate; Hypoxia; Randomized trial; Renin

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; RENIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAKE LOUISE ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS SCORE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CHINA; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 38849090807     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2007.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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