Are nocturnal breathing, sleep, and cognitive performance impaired at moderate altitude (1,630-2,590 m)?

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1969-1976

  Latshang, Tsogyal D ^a   Lo Cascio, Christian M ^a   Stöwhas, Anne Christin ^a   Grimm, Mirjam ^a   Stadelmann, Katrin ^b   Tesler, Noemi ^c   Achermann, Peter ^b   Huber, Reto ^b,c   Kohler, Malcolm ^a,b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Healthy; Hypoxia; Sleep apnea; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ALTITUDE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NOCTURNAL BREATHING; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ALTITUDE; HEALTHY; HYPOXIA; SLEEP APNEA; VIGILANCE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886009647     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3242     Document Type: Article

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