Title
Reference values for oxygen saturation from sea level to the highest human habitation in the Andes in acclimatised persons
Date Issued
01 August 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Dawson J.
Posso M.
Galvan C.
Davila-Arango N.
Bravo E.
Loescher V.
Padilla-Deza M.
Rojas-Valero N.
Velasquez-Chavez G.
Clemente J.
Alva-Lozada G.
Quispe-Mauricio A.
Bardalez S.
Subhi R.
Publisher(s)
BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
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.
Start page
776
End page
778
Volume
73
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85049197072
PubMed ID
Source
Thorax
ISSN of the container
00406376
Sponsor(s)
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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