American medical research expedition to everest

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-110

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

barometric pressure; base excess; Everest summit; hyperventilation; maximal oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; OXYGEN; RENIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLIMBING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ABSORPTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; ST SEGMENT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COLD; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954937503     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1089     Document Type: Article

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