Do changes in gastro-intestinal blood flow explain high-altitude anorexia?

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 735-741

  Kalson, Nicholas S ^a   Hext, Faye ^b   Davies, Andrew J ^c   Chan, Colin W M ^d   Wright, Alex D ^e   Imray, Christopher H E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; blood flow; gut; high altitude; hypoxia; superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CIRCULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOREXIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954504978     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02324.x     Document Type: Article

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