Effect of low altitude at the dead sea on exercise capacity and cardiopulmonary response to exercise in cystic fibrosis patients with moderate to severe lung disease

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Falk, Bareket ^a,h   Nini, Asaph ^b   Zigel, Levana ^a   Yahav, Yaacov ^b,c   Aviram, Micha ^d   Rivlin, Joseph ^e   Bentur, Lea ^f   Avital, Avraham ^g   Dotan, Raffy ^h   Blau, Hannah ^b,i  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barometric pressure; Hyperbaric conditions; Hypoxemia; Oxygen supplementation; Pulmonary disease; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SEA; SPIROMETRY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644880558     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20342     Document Type: Article

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