Optic nerve sheath diameter, intracranial pressure and acute mountain sickness on Mount Everest: A longitudinal cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Sutherland, A I ^a,e   Morris, D S ^b   Owen, C G ^c   Bron, A J ^a   Roach, R C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 41349105527     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.045286     Document Type: Article

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