Effect of acute hypoxia on QTc interval in respiratory patients undergoing fitness to fly tests

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 726-727

  Skipworth, James R A ^a,b   Puthucheary, Z ^a,b   Raptis, D A ^b   Rawal, J ^a,b   Shrikrishna, D ^a   Windsor, J ^b   Cramer, D ^a   Polkey, M I ^a   Montgomery, H E ^b   Hopkinson, N S ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; AVIATION; BLOOD GAS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 79960595344     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.151712     Document Type: Letter

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