Ultrasound for High Altitude Research

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a   Murray, Alice F ^b   Noble, Vicki E ^a   Baggish, Aaron L ^a   Harris, N Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Biomedical research; Mountaineering; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HIGH ALTITUDE; MONITORING PARAMETERS; MOUNTAINEERING; PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND SCANNING; ULTRASOUND USE;

PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

RESEARCH;

ALTITUDE; B SCAN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPTOP COMPUTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; MACHINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE SHEATH; OPERATOR; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POWER DOPPLER; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOLAR ENERGY; SYSTOLIC PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; TRAINING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHER; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND MACHINE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY EDEMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 83055186417     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.10.004     Document Type: Review

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