Noninvasive Assessment of Excessive Erythrocytosis as a Screening Method for Chronic Mountain Sickness at High Altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-168

  Vyas, Kaetan J ^a   Danz, David ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Wise, Robert A ^a   León Velarde, Fabiola ^d   Miranda, J Jaime ^d,e   Checkley, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chronic mountain sickness; Excessive erythrocytosis; Noninvasive methods; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; EXCESSIVE ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERU; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; POLYCYTHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYCYTHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84931053744     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0026     Document Type: Article

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