Oxygen saturation in healthy children aged 5 to 16 years residing in Huayllay, Peru at 4340 m

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-92

  Schult, Sandra ^a   Canelo Aybar, Carlos ^b  

^a Huayllay Health Centre EsSalud   (Peru)

^b San José Hospital   (Peru)

Author keywords

children at high altitude; Oxygen saturation, pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PERU; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 79953822501     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1094     Document Type: Article

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