Predicting hypoxia in cystic fibrosis patients during exposure to high altitudes

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Kamin, Wolfgang ^a   Fleck, Birthe ^a   Rose, Dirk Mathias ^a   Thews, Oliver ^a   Thielen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial flights; Cystic fibrosis (CF); Hypobaric hypoxemia; Oxygen partial pressure; Oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 34147137492     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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