Efficacy of residence at moderate versus low altitude on reducing acute mountain sickness in men following rapid ascent to 4300 m

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  Staab, Janet E ^a   Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a   Rock, Paul B ^b   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Acute mountain sickness; Fluid balance; Hypobaric hypoxia; Ventilatory response to hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; EXERCISE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LOW ALTITUDE; MALE; MODERATE ALTITUDE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PLASMA VOLUME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP QUALITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXHALATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLASMA VOLUME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875704880     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1065     Document Type: Article

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