Improving sleep at altitude: A comparison of therapies

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-320

  Rodway, George W ^a,b   Edsell, Mark E ^b,c   Wong, Bob ^a   Windsor, Jeremy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high altitude; hypoxia; nocturnal periodic breathing; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SLEEP;

EID: 82755189306     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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