Sleep disturbance at altitude

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 554-560

  Windsor, Jeremy S ^a   Rodway, George W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acetazolamide; altitude; oxygen; periodic breathing; sleep

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ALTITUDE; AROUSAL; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; PARESTHESIA; PERIODIC BREATHING; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84867039744     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328359129f     Document Type: Review

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