Influence of long-term oxygen therapy on heart rate and QT time-series in hypoxic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-439

  Lewis, Michael J ^a,b   Annandale, Joe ^b   Lewis, Keir E ^b,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; ECG; Heart rate; Multifractal; Oxygen therapy; QT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; STANDARD;

AGED; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 70350393145     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2009.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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