Recommendations for resuscitation after ascent to high altitude and in aircrafts

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1703-1711

  Chalkias, Athanasios ^a   Georgiou, Marios ^b   Böttiger, Bernd ^c   Monsieurs, Koenraad G ^d   Svavarsdóttir, Hildigunnur ^e   Raffay, Violetta ^f   Iacovidou, Nicoletta ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^f Municipal Institute for Emergency Medicine Novi Sad   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; High altitude; Physiology; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCOAGULABILITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIAC ARREST; HIGH ALTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESUSCITATION;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883291653     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.11.077     Document Type: Review

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