Definition of cutoff values for the hypoxia test used for preflight testing in young children with neonatal chronic lung disease

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Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 914-919

  Martin, Andrew C ^a,b   Verheggen, Maureen ^a   Stick, Stephen M ^a   Stavreska, Vaska ^b   Oostryck, Jan ^b   Wilson, Andrew C ^a   Hall, Graham L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air travel; Hypoxia test; Infants; Neonatal chronic lung disease; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; TRAVEL;

EID: 42149132682     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1198     Document Type: Article

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