Resting and exercise response to altitude in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Kelly, Paul T ^a   Swanney, Maureen P ^a   Stanton, Josh D ^a   Frampton, Chris ^a,b   Peters, Matthew J ^a,c   Beckert, Lutz E ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Department of Thoracic Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hypoxemia; Respiratory function; Six minute walk test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REST; SEA LEVEL; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 58849114995     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2434.2009     Document Type: Article

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