Nocturnal periodic breathing during acclimatization at very high altitude at Mount Muztagh Ata (7,546 m)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-568

  Bloch, Konrad E ^a,b   Latshang, Tsogyal D ^a,b   Turk, Alexander J ^a,b   Hess, Thomas ^c   Hefti, Urs ^d   Merz, Tobias M ^e   Bosch, Martina M ^a   Barthelmes, Daniel ^a   Hefti, Jacqueline Pichler ^d   Maggiorini, Marco ^a,b   Schoch, Otto D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Central apnea; Hypoxia; Periodic breathing; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING PATTERN; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NOCTURNAL PERIODIC BREATHING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANOXIA; BREATHING; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHINA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 77957092554     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200911-1694OC     Document Type: Article

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