| Literature DB >> 29340578 |
Gianfranco Parati1,2, Piergiuseppe Agostoni3,4, Buddha Basnyat5, Grzegorz Bilo1,2, Hermann Brugger6,7, Antonio Coca8, Luigi Festi9,10, Guido Giardini11, Alessandra Lironcurti1, Andrew M Luks12, Marco Maggiorini13, Pietro A Modesti14, Erik R Swenson12,15, Bryan Williams16, Peter Bärtsch17, Camilla Torlasco1.
Abstract
Take home figureAdapted from Bärtsch and Gibbs2 Physiological response to hypoxia. Life-sustaining oxygen delivery, in spite of a reduction in the partial pressure of inhaled oxygen between 25% and 60% (respectively at 2500 m and 8000 m), is ensured by an increase in pulmonary ventilation, an increase in cardiac output by increasing heart rate, changes in vascular tone, as well as an increase in haemoglobin concentration. BP, blood pressure; HR, heart rate; PaCO2, partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29340578 PMCID: PMC5930248 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx720
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Heart J ISSN: 0195-668X Impact factor: 29.983