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Exercise Pulseoximetry for Pre-flight Evaluation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

NCT00896584 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need supplementary oxygen during air travel. Guidelines issued by The British Thoracic Society (BTS) for pre-flight evaluation do not discriminate sufficiently between those who need supplementary oxygen during flight, and those who can do without. Previous studies have indicated that decreasing hemoglobin oxygen saturation during exercise may predict in-flight hypoxemia. The objective of the present study is to examine if adding exercise oxygen desaturation to the BTS algorithm will better predict requirements for in-flight supplementary oxygen.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • LHL Helse

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anne Edvardsen, MSc · LHL Helse

  • Morten S Ryg, Dr philos · LHL Helse

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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