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Influence of Cerebral Blood Flow on Central Sleep Apnea at High Altitude
Author(s) -
Keith R. Burgess,
Samuel J. E. Lucas,
Kelly Shepherd,
Andrew H. Dawson,
Marianne Swart,
Kate N. Thomas,
Rebekah A. I. Lucas,
Joseph E. Donnelly,
Karen C. Peebles,
Rishi Basnyat,
Philip N. Ainslie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4080
Subject(s) - acetazolamide , cerebral blood flow , effects of high altitude on humans , anesthesia , medicine , hypocapnia , hypercapnia , polysomnography , apnea , hypoxic ventilatory response , central sleep apnea , ventilation (architecture) , cerebral circulation , cardiology , respiratory system , acidosis , mechanical engineering , engineering , anatomy
To further our understanding of central sleep apnea (CSA) at high altitude during acclimatization, we tested the hypothesis that pharmacologically altering cerebral blood flow (CBF) would alter the severity of CSA at high altitude.

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