Mains-powered hypoxic gas generation: A cost-effective and safe method to evaluate patients at risk from hypoxia during air travel

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 731-732

  Spurling, Kristofer J ^a   Zammit, Christopher ^a   Lozewicz, Stefan ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; AVIATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LETTER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960577789     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.141655     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. British Thoracic Society Air Travel Working Party. Managing Passengers with Respiratory Disease Planning Air Travel. British Thoracic Society Recommendations, 2002.
2. Dillard TA, Moores LK, Bilello KL, et al. The preflight evaluation. A comparison of the hypoxia inhalation test with hypobaric exposure. Chest 1995;107:352-57.
3. Kelly PT, Swanney MP, Seccombe LM, et al. Air travel hypoxemia vs. the hypoxia inhalation test in passengers with COPD. Chest 2008;133:920-6. (Pubitemid 351536867)
4. McArdle WD, Katch FI, Katch VL. Essentials of Exercise Physiology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:543.
5. Wilber RL. Current trends in altitude training. Sports Med 2001;31:249-65. (Pubitemid 32328478)