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Article: University of Ferrara reports research in high altitude medicine.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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"Pomidori, Luca, Daniela Bonardi, Federica Campigotto, Valter Fasano, Alessandra Gennari, Gabriele Valli, Paolo Palange, and Annalisa Cogo. The hypoxic profile during trekking to the Pyramid Laboratary. High Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 233-237, 2009.-The oxygen saturation values reported in the high altitude literature are usually taken during a few minutes of measurement either at rest or during exercise," investigators in Ferrara, Italy report (see also High Altitude Medicine).
"We aimed to investigate the daily hypoxic profile by monitoring oxygen saturation for 24 h in 8 lowlanders (4 females, ages 26 to 59) during trekking from Lukla (2850 m) to the Pyramid ...