Open Access<p>SaO<sub>2</sub> as a predictor of exercise-induced hypoxemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at moderate altitude</p>
Author(s) -
R. Colmenares,
Carlos Ernesto Lombo Moreno
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s207467
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxemia , pulmonary disease , cardiology , copd , altitude (triangle) , mathematics , geometry
Given the high prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Bogota (2630 m above the sea), screening methods are required for COPD patients who develop exercise-induced hypoxemia (EIH).