Acute mountain sickness in children and their parents after rapid ascent to 3500 m (Putre, Chile)

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-292

  Moraga, Fernando A ^a   Pedreros, Constanza P ^a   Rodríguez, Cristián E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Cardiorespiratory response; Children; High altitude; Parents

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 57749189557     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-BR-084.1     Document Type: Article

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