Optic nerve sheath diameter correlates with the presence and severity of acute mountain sickness: Evidence for increased intracranial pressure

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1207-1211

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a,b   Gutman, Jonathan A ^a,c   Murray, Alice F ^a,d   Noble, Vicki E ^b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b   Harris, N Stuart ^b  

^a Himalayan Rescue Association   (Nepal)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High altitude; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAVEL; HEART RATE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MOUNTAINEERING; MYELIN SHEATH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MYELIN SHEATH; NEPAL; OPTIC NERVE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 66149122318     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01188.2007     Document Type: Article

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