Reference values for pulse oximetry at high altitude

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 461-465

  Gamponia, M J ^a   Babaali, H ^c   Yugar, F ^b   Gilman, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b PROSALUD/La Paz   (Bolivia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude; Oxygen saturation; Pulse oximetry; Reference values

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREATHING RATE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP;

EID: 0031808930     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.5.461     Document Type: Article

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