Pulmonary Adaptation to High Altitude.

Abstract

Studies completed during this contract year were aimed at defining: a) the role of the carotid bodies in ventilatory acclimatization to chronic hypoxia of varying severity; b) the effects of acute or chronic hypoxia on respiratory muscle metabolism; c) the effect of changes in pulmonary mechanics on periodic breathing during sleep in hypoxia; and d) the effects of heavy exercise--in normoxia and hypoxia--on chest wall mechanics and (in turn) on the control of ventilation and gas exchange (in humans).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA171453

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People

  • Jerome A. Dempsey

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Announcement Bulletins
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Foreign Languages
  • High Altitude
  • Information Security
  • Language
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Metabolism
  • Muscles
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Sea Level
  • Sensory Receptor Cells
  • Skeletal Muscle

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