Effect of moderate elevation above sea level on blood oxygen saturation in healthy young adults

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Goldberg, Shmuel ^a   Buhbut, Eadit ^a   Mimouni, Francis B ^b   Joseph, Leon ^a   Picard, Elie ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altitude; Normal value; Oxyhemoglobin saturation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; WALKING;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866030172     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336554     Document Type: Article

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