Relationship Between Arterial Oxygen Saturation and Hematocrit, and Effect of Slow Deep Breathing on Oxygen Saturation in Himalayan High Altitude Populations

What is it about?

Body adapts to the changing altitude which can be studied by simple measures such as increased red blood cell counts to increase the oxygen delivering capacity to vital organs, in low pressure oxygen zone. Even deep breathing exercise at high altitude is helpful to increase oxygen binding to red blood cells and hence their capacity to deliver more oxygen to organs. It is found that two small population staying approx. 1000 meter difference altitude in high lands have significant difference in red cell count.

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