A randomized trial of temazepam versus acetazolamide in high altitude sleep disturbance

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-239

  Tanner, John B ^a   Tanner, Sarah M E ^b   Thapa, Ghan Bahadur ^c   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Watson, Kirsty L M ^d   Staunton, Eamon ^b   Howarth, Claire ^b   Basnyat, Buddha ^b   Harris, N Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Himalayan Rescue Association   (Nepal)

^c Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal   (Nepal)

^d ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Altitude; Hypoxia; Sleep disorders; Temazepam

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; TEMAZEPAM;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SLEEP STAGES; TEMAZEPAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884806238     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2013.1023     Document Type: Article

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