Acute mountain sickness in a subject with metabolic syndrome at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Strapazzon, Giacomo ^a   Cogo, Annalisa ^b   Semplicini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Blood pressure; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; NIMESULIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 52449098077     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1075     Document Type: Article

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