Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1182-1188 , August 2009

The citric acid cough threshold and the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide on ascent to high altitude

  • A.A. Roger Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK. Tel.: +44 (0)114 271 2630; fax: +44 (0)114 226 8898.
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  • J. Kenneth Baillie

      Affiliations

    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 52 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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  • Matthew G.D. Bates

      Affiliations

    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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  • Martin F. Schnopp

      Affiliations

    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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  • Alistair Simpson

      Affiliations

    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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  • Roland W. Partridge

      Affiliations

    • APEX (Altitude Physiology Expeditions), c/o Dr F. Kristmundsdottir, College Office, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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  • Gordon B. Drummond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 52 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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  • Nicholas P. Mason

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport NP20 2UB, UK
    • Department of Physiology, Free University of Brussels, B1070 Brussels, Belgium

Received 12 April 2008 ,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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☆ Funding: This study was funded by a minor research award from Chest Heart and Stroke, Scotland.

PII: S0954-6111(09)00059-6

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.02.007

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1182-1188 , August 2009

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