Flight assessment in patients with respiratory disease: Hypoxic challenge testing vs. predictive equations

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Martin, S E ^a,b   Bradley, J M ^a,c   Buick, J B ^c   Bradbury, I ^a   Elborn, J S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34447560935     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm033     Document Type: Article

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