Prevention of acute mountain sickness by low positive end-expiratory pressure in field conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 322-326

  Launay, Jean Claude ^a   Nespoulos, Olivier ^a   Guinet Lebreton, Angélique ^b   Besnard, Yves ^a   Savourey, Gustave ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

High altitute environment; Low barometric illnesses; Nonpharmacological; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 4444221860     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.801     Document Type: Article

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