Manual assessment of the initial fall in blood pressure after orthostatic challenge at high altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-232

  Mytton, Oliver T ^b,f   Simpson, Alistair ^a   Thompson, Alfred A R ^a   Oram, Richard A ^b   Darowski, Adam ^c   Yu, Ly Mee ^b   Collier, David J ^e   Pollard, Andrew J ^d  

^a Apex (Altitude Physiology Expeditions)   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Blood pressure; Dizziness; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SEA LEVEL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 57749169257     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-097.1     Document Type: Article

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