Prevalance of oxygen desaturation and use of oxygen at home in adults at sea level and at moderate altitude

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 594-599

  Perez Padilla, R ^a   Torre Bouscoulet, L ^a   Muino A ^b   Marquez, M N ^b   Lopez, M V ^b   de Oca, M M ^c   Talamo, C ^c   Menezes, A M B ^d   Chavez Plascencia E ^e   Vazquez Garcia J C ^e   Corcho Berdugo, A ^e   Franco Marina, F ^e   Moreno, D ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e Istituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias ^*

Author keywords

Altitude; Gas exchange; Hypoxia; Oxgen saturation; Proyecto Latinoamericano de Investigacion en Obstruccion Pulmonar (PLATINO) study

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA; ALTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ALTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33644865205     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00075005     Document Type: Article

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