Nocturnal oxygen saturation in normal and asthmatic children

Pediatrics. 1980 Jun;65(6):1157-60.

Abstract

At sea level, it appears that oxygen desaturation does not occur in normal children at night and that the desaturation that occurs in moderately severe asthmatic children with therapeutic levels of theophylline does not approach dangerously low levels.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Altitude
  • Asthma / blood*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oximetry / methods
  • Oxygen / blood*
  • Sleep*
  • Time Factors
  • Vital Capacity

Substances

  • Oxygen