[HTML][HTML] Hypoxaemia in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension during simulated air travel

RM Burns, AJ Peacock, MK Johnson, AC Church - Respiratory medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Recent air travel recommendations suggest patients with precapillary
pulmonary hypertension (PCPH) in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class 3 …

Effects of commercial air travel on patients with pulmonary hypertension

N Roubinian, CG Elliott, CF Barnett, PD Blanc, J Chen… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Limited data are available on the effects of air travel in patients with pulmonary
hypertension (PH), despite their risk of physiologic compromise. We sought to quantify the …

Predicting the response to air travel in passengers with non‐obstructive lung disease: Are the current guidelines appropriate?

PT Kelly, MP Swanney, LM Seccombe… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective: Air travel guidelines recommend using baseline arterial oxygen
levels and the hypoxic challenge test (HCT) to predict in‐flight hypoxaemia and the …

Effect of normobaric hypoxia on exercise performance in pulmonary hypertension: randomized trial

SR Schneider, LC Mayer, M Lichtblau, C Berlier… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Many patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary
hypertension (PH) wish to travel to altitude or by airplane, but their risk of hypoxia-related …

Hypoxaemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients during a commercial flight

A Akerø, CC Christensen, A Edvardsen… - European …, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the study was to investigate hypoxaemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease patients during a commercial flight. The effect of a commercial flight, lasting 5 h 40 …

Air travel can be safe and well tolerated in patients with clinically stable pulmonary hypertension

M Thamm, R Voswinckel, H Tiede… - Pulmonary …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Our aim was to determine what proportion of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) has
undertaken air travel contrary to the general medical advice and to characterize these …

Commercial air travel and in-flight pulmonary hypertension

TG Smith, RW Chang, PA Robbins… - Aviation, space, and …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Smith TG, Chang RW, Robbins PA, Dorrington KL. Commercial air travel and in-flight
pulmonary hypertension. Aviat Space Environ Med 2013; 84: 65–7. Background: It has …

Right heart function during simulated altitude in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

LM Seccombe, V Chow, W Zhao, EMT Lau… - Open …, 2017 - openheart.bmj.com
Objective Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are often recommended
supplemental oxygen for altitude travel due to the possible deleterious effects of hypoxia on …

Predicting the need for supplemental oxygen during airline flight in patients with chronic pulmonary disease: a comparison of predictive equations and altitude …

AC Bradi, ME Faughnan, MB Stanbrook… - Canadian respiratory …, 2009 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of
hypoxemia when travelling by air. Screening guidelines, predictive equations based on …

Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation

A Edvardsen, A Akerø, CC Christensen, M Ryg… - Thorax, 2012 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The reduced pressure in the aircraft cabin may cause significant hypoxaemia
and respiratory distress in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …