Pulse oximetry in the diagnosis of acute mountain sickness

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-348

  O'Connor, Terry ^a   Dubowitz, Gerald ^a   Bickler, Phillip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; High altitude; Hypoxia; Lake Louise score; Oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 5644266966     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2004.5.341     Document Type: Article

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