Polycythaemia in coal miners with chronic lung disease.
The polycythaemic response to hypoxia was studied in 30 ex-coal miners, comprising 14 patients with complicated pneumoconiosis and 16 with chronic non-specific lung disease. A close correlation was found between arterial oxygen saturation and haemoglobin, packed-cell volume, and the red cell mass.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001916:Brachial Artery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003032:Coal Mining; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000097:blood*; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000209:etiology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D010100:Oxygen