Reduced coagulation at high altitude identified by thromboelastography

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1066-1071

  Martin, Daniel S ^a,b   Pate, Jim S ^a,b   Vercueil, Andre ^a,c   Doyle, Patrick W ^a,d   Mythen, Michael G ^a   Grocott, Mike P W ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Blood coagulation; Blood coagulation tests; Hypoxia; Thrombelastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA ANGLE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEA LEVEL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861759931     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-01-0004     Document Type: Article

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