Assessing the risk of hypoxia in flight: The need for more rational guidelines

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-130

  Coker, R K ^a,b   Partridge, M R ^a  

^a Whipps Cross Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air travel; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hypoxia; Rehabilitation; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLIGHT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

AIRCRAFT; ANOXIA; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALES;

EID: 0033956428     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15a23.x     Document Type: Article

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