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  • Title: Cerebral blood flow velocity responses to hypoxia in subjects who are susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary oedema.
    Author: Berré J, Vachiéry JL, Moraine JJ, Naeije R.
    Journal: Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol; 1999 Sep; 80(4):260-3. PubMed ID: 10483794.
    Abstract:
    Cerebral blood flow increases on exposure to high altitude, and perhaps more so in subjects who develop acute mountain sickness. We determined cerebral blood flow by transcranial Doppler ultrasound of the middle cerebral artery at sea level, in normoxia (fraction of inspired O2, F(I)O2 0.21), and during 15-min periods of either hypoxic (F(I)O2 0.125) or hyperoxic (F(I)O2 1.0) breathing, in 7 subjects with previous high-altitude pulmonary oedema, 6 climbers who had previously tolerated altitudes between 6000 m and 8150 m, and in 20 unselected controls. Hypoxia increased mean middle cerebral artery flow velocity from 69 (3) to 83 (4) cm x s(-1) (P<0.001) in the controls, from 63 (3) to 75 (3) cm x s(-1) (P<0.001) in the high-altitude pulmonary-oedema-susceptible subjects, and from 58 (4) to 70 (4) cm x s(-1) (P<0.001) in the successful high-altitude climbers. Hyperoxia decreased mean middle cerebral flow velocity to 60 (3) cm x s(-1) (P<0.001), 53 (3) cm x s(-1) (P<0.01), and 49 (3) cm x s(-1) (P<0.01) in the controls, high-altitude pulmonary-oedema-susceptible, and high-altitude climbers, respectively. We conclude that a transcranial Doppler-based estimate of cerebral blood flow is affected by hypoxic and hyperoxic breathing, and that it is not predictive of tolerance to high altitude.
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