Severe acute mountain sickness, brain natriuretic peptide and NT-proBNP in humans

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-355

  Woods, D R ^a,b,c,d   Begley, J ^e   Stacey, M ^c   Smith, C ^c   Boos, C J ^c,e   Hooper, T ^c   Hawkins, A ^e   Hodkinson, P ^c,f   Green, N ^c,f   Mellor, A ^c,g  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Defence Medical Services   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Centre for Aviation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Brain natriuretic peptide; Hypobaric hypoxia

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NEPAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REST;

EID: 84862791815     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02407.x     Document Type: Article

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