High altitude pulmonary edema, Down syndrome, and obstructive sleep apneas

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-181

  Richalet, Jean Paul ^a,b   Chenivesse, Cécile ^c   Larmignat, Philippe ^a   Meille, Laurent ^d  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Acetazolamide; Acute mountain sickness; Andean's; Animals at high altitude

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 46249127498     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1062     Document Type: Article

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