Effect of short-term acclimatization to high altitude on sleep and nocturnal breathing

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-423

  Nussbaumer Ochsner, Yvonne ^a,b   Ursprung, Justyna ^a,b   Siebenmann, Christoph ^c   Maggiorini, Marco ^a,b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Apnea; Hypoxia; Sleep; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NOCTURNAL BREATHING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858611331     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1708     Document Type: Article

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