Pre-flight evaluation of adult patients with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Elisabeth Edvardsen ; Aina Akerø ; Ole Henning Skjønsberg ; Bjørn Skrede
• 关键词：Blood gas response ; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing ; Gas exchange ; Hypoxia altitude simulation test ; Pulmonary function
• 刊名：BMC Research Notes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：10
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1267KB
• 刊物主题：Biomedicine, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Life Sciences, general;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1756-0500
• 卷排序：10

文摘

BackgroundAir travel may imply a health hazard for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) due to hypobaric environment in the aircraft cabin. The objective was to identify pre-flight variables, which might predict severe hypoxaemia in adult CF patients during air travel.