Importance There are no established measures to prevent nocturnal breathing disturbances
and other altitude-related adverse health effects (ARAHEs) among lowlanders with chronic …

Importance During mountain travel, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are at risk of experiencing severe hypoxemia, in particular, during sleep. Objective …

Abstract Study Objectives Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have
impaired pulmonary gas exchange near sea level. The purpose of the current study was to …

This trial evaluates whether nocturnal oxygen therapy (NOT) during a stay at 2048 m
improves altitude-induced exercise intolerance in lowlanders with chronic obstructive …

Bloch, Konrad E., Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Mona Lichtblau, and Michael Furian.
Clinician's corner: counseling patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease traveling …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with
cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether sleeping at altitude increases nocturnal …

Objective To evaluate the effects of altitude travel on exercise performance and symptoms in
lowlanders with COPD. Design Randomized crossover trial. Setting University Hospital …

Introduction: Stable patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary
hypertension (PH) wish to undergo altitude sojourns or air travel but fear disease worsening …

Rationale: Individuals with COPD have airflow obstruction and maldistribution of ventilation.
For those living at high altitude, any gas exchange abnormality is compounded by reduced …

Abstract Study Objectives To assess altitude-induced sleep and nocturnal breathing
disturbances in healthy lowlanders 40 y of age or older and the effects of preventive …