Oxygen inhalation using an oxygen concentrator in a low-pressure environment outside of a hospital

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 981-984

  Sakaue, Hirokazu ^a   Suto, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Masafumi ^a   Narahara, Sou ^a   Sato, Tomonobu ^a   Tobe, Masaru ^a   Aso, Chizu ^a   Kakinuma, Toshie ^a   Hardy Yamada, Makiko ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; MACHINE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DRUG PACKAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 54349098937     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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