Effects of ambient pressure on pulmonary nitric oxide

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-586

  Hemmingsson, Tryggve E ^a,b   Linnarsson, Dag ^a   Frostell, Claes ^a   Van Muylem, Alain ^c   Kerckx, Yannick ^d   Gustafsson, Lars E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolar estimates; Backtransport; Exhaled NO; Hyperbaria; Hypobaria

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY EDEMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859613209     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01183.2011     Document Type: Article

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