Travel to high altitude with pre-existing lung disease

AM Luks, ER Swenson - European Respiratory Journal, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… COPD patients with hypoxaemia on commercial aircraft flights… exaggerated pulmonary
vascular response to acute hypoxia. … individuals had pulmonary arterial hypertension. Similarly, …

Lung function in adults with cystic fibrosis at altitude: impact on air travel

R Fischer, SM Lang, K Brückner… - … Respiratory Journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… tolerate this condition, it may cause severe hypoxaemia in patients with pulmonary disease.
… Is normobaric simulation of hypobaric hypoxia accurate in chronic airflow limitation? Am J …

[PDF][PDF] Managing Passengers with Respiratory Disease Planning Air Travel

WCDP Gradwell, JMB Hughes, JA Innes, AOC Johnson… - semae.es
simulating the stress of the additional hypoxaemia patients will experience at rest during a
flight… with a history of neonatal respiratory illness, and children with hypoxia due to chronic …

Pulmonary function testing and extreme environments

TA Dillard, S Khosla, FW Ewald… - Clinics in chest …, 2005 - chestmed.theclinics.com
… The presence of lung disease, or other conditions, further predisposes to illness or injury.
Patients who have known lung conditions should, but often do not, consult with their pulmonary

Effect of nocturnal oxygen therapy on nocturnal hypoxemia and sleep apnea among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease traveling to 2048 meters: a …

L Tan, TD Latshang, SS Aeschbacher… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
… comorbidities (mainly arterial hypertension and coronary … to hypobaric hypoxia, such as
during airplane travel, showed … However, the accuracy of the hypoxia altitude simulation test …

Commercial air travel for passengers with cardiovascular disease: Stressors of flight and aeromedical impact

CH Koh - Current problems in cardiology, 2021 - Elsevier
… and pulmonary vascular beds, to chronotropic and … in aviation related papers derived
observations from hypoxia … subjected to a 7-hour simulated flight. The mean oxygen saturation at …

Effects of intermittent hypoxia on pulmonary haemodynamics: animal models versus studies in humans

J Zieliński - European Respiratory Journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… In the majority of studies in OSA patients pulmonary arterial … , with no clinically important
effect on oxygen transport. … exposed to 6 weeks of hypoxia simulating ascent to Mount Everest …

[HTML][HTML] Air travel considerations for the patients with heart failure

M Izadi, MJ Alemzadeh-Ansari… - Iranian Red Crescent …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The maximum cabin altitude of 2438 m can be simulated at … those with coexistent lung or
pulmonary vascular disease (16). … to hyobaric hypoxia resulting reduced arterial oxygen partial …

Clinician's corner: counseling patients with pulmonary vascular disease traveling to high altitude

S Ulrich, M Lichtblau, SR Schneider… - … Altitude Medicine & …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
… precapillary PH are pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) … knowledge on the effects of
hypoxia in patients with PVD, identify … clinical trials in patients with PVD during simulated and real …

COPD and air travel: oxygen equipment and preflight titration of supplemental oxygen

A Akerø, A Edvardsen, CC Christensen, JO Owe… - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
… the hypoxia-altitude simulation test (HAST), in which patients … in patients with COPD during
simulated flight in an HC with the three principles of oxygen equipment allowed for air travel: …