BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of
hypoxemia when travelling by air. Screening guidelines, predictive equations based on …

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 …

Key points Commercial aircraft have a hypoxic environment, equivalent to an altitude of
2,438 m (8,000 ft) above sea level. Normal subjects and the majority of respiratory patients …

At the present time, commercial aircraft cabins are required to be pressurized to the
equivalent of 8,000 feet or less. Although in-flight medical emergencies are infrequent, some …

Mortazavi A, Eisenberg MJ, Langleben D, Ernst P, Schiff RL. Altitude-related hypoxia: risk
assessment and management for passengers on commercial aircraft. Aviat Space Environ …

A large number of patients with underlying pulmonary disease travel by air each year and
are therefore at risk for significant cardiopulmonary effects of induced hypoxia at higher …

In summary, the environmental stresses of commercial air travel and the possibility of
altitude-induced adverse events during flight suggest the importance of evaluating …

Patients with chronic lung disease may have mild hypoxemia at sea level. Some of these
cases may go unrecognized, and even among those who are known to be hypoxemic, some …

This study aimed to test the hypothesis that advice currently given by respiratory physicians
to potentially hypoxic patients planning air travel varies and is not evidence-based. A …

Abstract Luks, Andrew M. Do lung patients need supplemental oxygen at high altitude? High
Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 321–327, 2009.—As medical care and the quality of life for patients with …