Profound hypoxemia in pulmonary patients in airline-equivalent hypoxia: Roles of VA/Q and shunt

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Jones, J Gareth ^a,d   Bakewell, Sarah E ^a   Heneghan, Christopher P H ^b   Jones, Siân E ^c   Snape, Sarah L ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Air travel; Altitude; Hypoxemia; Shunt; Ventilation perfusion ratio

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULMONARY SHUNT; PULSE OXIMETRY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 38649136616     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2179.2008     Document Type: Article

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