Smith TG, Talbot NP, Chang RW, Wilkinson E, Nickol AH, Newman DG, Robbins PA,
Dorrington KL. Pulmonary artery pressure increases during commercial air travel in healthy …

BACKGROUND: Hypoxia-induced elevation in pulmonary artery pressure during air travel
may contribute to the worldwide burden of in-flight medical emergencies. The pulmonary …

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 …

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 …

Objective Acute hypoxia causes vasoconstriction in the pulmonary arteries. This hypoxic
pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) has been reported to be common in subjects exposed to …

Objective Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are often recommended
supplemental oxygen for altitude travel due to the possible deleterious effects of hypoxia on …

Abstract Baggish, Aaron L., Charles S. Fulco, Stephen Muza, Paul B. Rock, Beth Beidleman,
Allen Cymerman, Kibar Yared, Peter Fagenholz, David Systrom, Malissa J. Wood, Arthur E …

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 …

Hampson NB, Kregenow DA, Mahoney AM, Kirtland SH, Horan KL, Holm JR, Gerbino AJ.
Altitude exposures during commercial flight: a reappraisal. Aviat Space Environ Med 2013; …

Background and objectives: In the low pressure environment of commercial aircraft,
hypoxaemia may be common and accentuated in patients with lung or heart disease …