Hyperventilation, cerebral perfusion, and syncope

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 844-851

  Immink, R V ^a,b   Pott, F C ^c   Secher, N H ^d   Van Lieshout, J J ^a,e,f  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral metabolism; Cerebral oxygenation; Diabetes; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AGE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84901035189     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00637.2013     Document Type: Review

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