Change in oxygen saturation does not predict acute mountain sickness on Jade Mountain

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-127

  Chen, Hang Cheng ^a   Lin, Wen Ling ^a   Wu, Jiunn Yih ^a   Wang, Shih Hao ^b,c,d   Chiu, Te Fa ^a   Weng, Yi Ming ^a   Hsu, Tai Yi ^a   Wu, Meng Huan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness; altitude; heart rate; Jade Mountain; oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84861721916     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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