Arterial blood gases and ventilation at rest by age and sex in an adult Andean population resident at high altitude.

Mauricio Gonzalez-GarciaDario MaldonadoMargarita Barrero Alejandro Casas Herrera José Rogelio Pérez-Padilla Carlos Arturo Torres-Duque

Published in: European journal of applied physiology (2020)

In this study, with a considerable number of healthy adults living at high altitude (2640 m), we established the physiological impact of altitude, aging and gender in ABG. The PaO2 and PaCO2 were significantly lower and the hemoglobin values slightly higher than described at sea level. In addition to PaO2 decline with age, there was an age-related increase in PaCO2 in women, associated with a greater reduction of VE.

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