Children at high altitude have less nocturnal periodic breathing than adults

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Kohler, M ^a   Kriemler, S ^c   Wilhelm, E M ^a   Brunner LaRocca, H ^c   Zehnder, M ^b   Bloch, K E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Apnoea; High altitude; Hypoxia; Periodic breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPNEA; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; APNEA; BREATH ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; APNEA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 52749090283     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00119807     Document Type: Article

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