TY - JOUR
T1 - Reference values for oxygen saturation from sea level to the highest human habitation in the Andes in acclimatised persons
AU - Rojas-Camayo, Jose
AU - Mejia, Christian Richard
AU - Callacondo, David
AU - Dawson, Jennifer A.
AU - Posso, Margarita
AU - Galvan, Cesar Alberto
AU - Davila-Arango, Nadia
AU - Bravo, Erick Anibal
AU - Loescher, Viky Yanina
AU - Padilla-Deza, Magaly Milagros
AU - Rojas-Valero, Nora
AU - Velasquez-Chavez, Gary
AU - Clemente, Jose
AU - Alva-Lozada, Guisela
AU - Quispe-Mauricio, Angel
AU - Bardalez, Silvana
AU - Subhi, Rami
N1 - Funding Information:
1Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru 2Escuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru 3School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences., Universidad Privada de Tacna., Tacna, Peru 4The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 5Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain 6Centro de Referencia Nacional de Alergia, Asma e Inmunologia (CERNAAI), Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru 7Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Oxygen saturation, measured by pulse oximetry (SpO 2), is a vital clinical measure. Our descriptive, cross-sectional study describes SpO 2 measurements from 6289 healthy subjects from age 1 to 80 years at 15 locations from sea level up to the highest permanent human habitation. Oxygen saturation measurements are illustrated as percentiles. As altitude increased, SpO 2 decreased, especially at altitudes above 2500 m. The increase in altitude had a significant impact on SpO 2 measurements for all age groups. Our data provide a reference range for expected SpO 2 measurements in people from 1 to 80 years from sea level to the highest city in the world.
AB - Oxygen saturation, measured by pulse oximetry (SpO 2), is a vital clinical measure. Our descriptive, cross-sectional study describes SpO 2 measurements from 6289 healthy subjects from age 1 to 80 years at 15 locations from sea level up to the highest permanent human habitation. Oxygen saturation measurements are illustrated as percentiles. As altitude increased, SpO 2 decreased, especially at altitudes above 2500 m. The increase in altitude had a significant impact on SpO 2 measurements for all age groups. Our data provide a reference range for expected SpO 2 measurements in people from 1 to 80 years from sea level to the highest city in the world.
KW - Clinical Epidemiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049197072&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210598
DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210598
M3 - Original Article
C2 - 29054885
AN - SCOPUS:85049197072
SN - 0040-6376
VL - 73
SP - 776
EP - 778
JO - Thorax
JF - Thorax
IS - 8
ER -