Lung function and breathing pattern in subjects developing high altitude pulmonary edema

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Clarenbach, Christian F ^a   Senn, Oliver ^a   Christ, Andreas L ^a   Fischler, Manuel ^a   Maggiorini, Marco ^a,b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART RATE; HIGH ALTITUDE LUNG EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MOUNTAINEERING; NASAL PRESSURE; NIGHT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84864056361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041188     Document Type: Article

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