Importance In-flight medical emergencies (IMEs) are common and occur in a complex
environment with limited medical resources. Health care personnel are often asked to assist …

Thousands of international aeromedical evacuations are conducted every year. An
increasing number of travelers are elderly or have chronic illnesses, and there is more travel …

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 …

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 …

Background: Decompression sickness (DCS) can be provoked by post-dive flying but few
data exist to quantify the risk of different post-dive, preflight surface intervals (PFS). Methods …

Patients with respiratory diseases may be at risk during flight because at cruising altitude an
important hypobaric hypoxia may occur. The only absolute contraindications to flying in …

Chetta A, Castagnetti C, Aiello M, Sergio F, Fabiano N, Tzani P, Marangio E, Olivieri D.
Walking capacity and fitness to fly in patients with chronic respiratory disease. Aviat Space …

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 …

Globalization increases the connections and inter-dependence of world business. Advances
in air travel technology and accessibility have resulted in the acceptance of travel as a …

It is estimated that 1.5 to 4.5 billion passengers travel by air each year [1]. Flying at a high
altitude can induce significant hypoxemia in patients with underlying lung disease, despite …