No evidence for interstitial lung oedema by extensive pulmonary function testing at 4,559 m

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 812-820

  Dehnert, C ^a   Luks, A M ^c   Schendler, G ^a   Menold, E ^a   Berger, M M ^a   Mairbaurl H ^a   Faoro, V ^d   Bailey, D M ^e   Castell, C ^a   Hahne, G ^b   Vock, P ^f   Swenson, E R ^c   Bartsch P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body plethysmography; Closing volume; High altitude; Hypoxia; Pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FLUID; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUNTAINEERING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 77951145989     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00185808     Document Type: Article

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