Open AccessRed Cell Volume Expansion at Altitude
Author(s) -
Peter Rasmussen,
Christoph Siebenmann,
Víctor Díaz,
Carsten Lundby
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31829047e5
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , acclimatization , hematocrit , effects of high altitude on humans , red cell , hypoxia (environmental) , volume (thermodynamics) , biology , zoology , medicine , chemistry , oxygen , anatomy , ecology , mathematics , physics , geometry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Altitude acclimatization is associated with a rapid increase in hematocrit. The time course and the contribution of the red cell volume expansion are not clear. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to explore how much altitude exposure is required to induce polycythemia in healthy lowlanders.