ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2019
The correct measurement of oxygen saturation at high altitude.
Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pulse oximetry for the prediction of acute mountain sickness: A systematic review.Experimental physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Skin Pigmentation Influence on Pulse Oximetry Accuracy: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Higher Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in Residents of High-Altitude Regions.Oxygen (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Optimizing Intermittent Hypoxic-Hyperoxic Training for Safety and Feasibility: An Exploratory Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Intelligent monitoring and individualized strategies for preventing altitude sickness during altitude training.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Nocturnal pulse oximetry for the detection and prediction of acute mountain sickness: An observational study.Experimental physiology · 2024Observational
- High-altitude cerebral oxygen saturation detection using wireless wearable cerebral oximeter.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Initial Treatment of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Comparison of Oxygen and Auto-PEEP.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effects of Acute Exposure and Acclimatization to High-Altitude on Oxygen Saturation and Related Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Health and Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Altitude and Quality of Life of Older People in Colombia: A Multilevel Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Monitoring Acclimatization and Training Responses Over 17-21 Days at 1,800 m in Elite Cross-Country Skiers and Biathletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- The Use of Pulse Oximetry in the Assessment of Acclimatization to High Altitude.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundCompared to measurements at sea level, measurement of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO KEY QUESTION: Does the visually determined SpO
methodsFour participants of an expedition (6013 m; Pakistan), familiar with pulse oximetry at altitude, wrote down the representative value of the measurement interval of 3 min (SpO
resultsThe spread of the single values within the measurement interval is high (in single cases up to 17%-points) in case of insufficient acclimatization. With increasing acclimatization, the measured values stabilize. SpO
conclusionsThe correct pulse oximetric determination of SpO
Indexed as
Identifiers
30701422What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.