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Trial reportPhysiological reports2025

Positive pressure ventilation improves oxygen saturation at altitude during recreational aviation: A pilot study.

Jenna L Taylor, Aidan K Downs, Crystal L Danner, J Hunter Downs, Josh Donkor, Jessica I Johnston, Douglas Rozendaal, Peter L Larsen, Bruce D Johnson, Douglas T Summerfield

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Physiological reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Heart rate, blood pressure, and SpOPhysiological reports · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jenna L TaylorHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-2714
Aidan K DownsHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Crystal L DannerMercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa, USA.
J Hunter DownsHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Josh DonkorHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Jessica I JohnstonHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Douglas RozendaalPlaneLease LCC, Mason City, Iowa, USA.
Peter L LarsenMercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa, USA.
Bruce D JohnsonHuman Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Douglas T SummerfieldMercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimWe investigated whether a commercial bi-level positive airway pressure (BPAP) device, would improve peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO

Indexed as

AltitudeAviationOxygenOxygen SaturationPositive-Pressure RespirationAdultCross-Over StudiesFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsOxygencerebral blood flowreaction timerespiratory ratetidal volume

Identifiers

PMID39905686
PMCPMC11794239

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