Time course variations in the mechanisms by which cerebral oxygen delivery is maintained on exposure to hypoxia/altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-27

  Imray, Christopher ^a   Chan, Colin ^b   Stubbings, Alison ^c   Rhodes, Hannah ^d   Patey, Susannah ^e   Wilson, Mark H ^f   Bailey, Damian M ^g   Wright, Alex D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Timaru Hospital   (New Zealand)

^d BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Cerebral blood flow; Hypoxia; Transcranial Doppler and transcranial Duplex; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE EXPOSURE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CEREBRAL OXYGEN DELIVERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; TIME; ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 84897129339     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2013.1079     Document Type: Article

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