Sleep-related periodic breathing does not acclimatize to chronic hypobaric hypoxia: a 1-year study at high altitude in Antarctica

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul 1;190(1):114-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201403-0598LE.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization / physiology*
  • Adult
  • Altitude*
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Hypoxia / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes / complications
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes / etiology
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes / physiopathology*
  • Time Factors