Journal article
Assessing air travel safety in neuromuscular disease: standard versus prolonged hypoxic challenge tests
Abstract
PurposeThe hypoxic challenge test (HCT) is used to evaluate safety for air travel in individuals with respiratory disease by breathing in 15% oxygen for 20 min. Our aim was to determine if a prolonged HCT, lasting 120 min, identified more individuals with neuromuscular disease at potential risk than the standard HCT lasting 20 min.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study. All of the clinical testing took place at SickKids, Toronto, Canada. …
Authors
Chiang J; Varadi R; Snow N; Al-Saleh S; Mehta K; Al-Awadi A; Almajeed A; McAdam L; Goldstein R; Amin R
Journal
Sleep and Breathing, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 887–891
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
6 2022
DOI
10.1007/s11325-021-02462-5
ISSN
1520-9512