Changes in pupil dynamics at high altitude - An observational study using a handheld pupillometer

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-325

  Wilson, Mark H ^a   Edsell, Mark ^b   Imray, Chris ^c   Wright, Alex ^d  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude; Diurnal variation; Hypoxia; Light reflex; Pupil; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; INDIA; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VELOCITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 58149260462     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1026     Document Type: Article

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