Comparison of oxygen saturation levels by pulse oximetry in healthy children aged 1 month to 5 years residing at an altitude of 1500 metres and at sea level

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-273

  Balasubramanian, S ^a   Suresh, N ^a   Raeshmi, R ^a   Kaarthigeyan, K ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA LEVEL;

AGING; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 59949091576     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X375422     Document Type: Article

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