[HTML][HTML] Please get me out of here: The difficult decision making in fit-to-fly assessments for international fixed-wing air ambulance operations

A Veldman, M Diefenbach, L Taymans… - Travel medicine and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction With international travel for leisure and business almost back to pre-pandemic
levels, demand for repatriation due to illness and injury abroad is increasing [1, 2]. In any …

[HTML][HTML] Altitude exposure in pediatric pulmonary hypertension—are we ready for (flight) recommendations?

U Herberg, R Knies, N Müller… - … Diagnosis and Therapy, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patients with congenital heart disease are surviving further into adulthood and want to
participate in multiple activities. This includes exposure to high altitude by air travel or …

Global commercial passenger airlines and travel health information regarding infection control and the prevention of infectious disease: What's in a website?

RZ Shaban, CF Sotomayor-Castillo, J Malik… - Travel Medicine and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Air travel has never been easier, cheaper or faster, with large volumes of
people travelling around the world. These factors increase the risk of the spread of infectious …

High-altitude Illnesses and Air Travel: Pediatric Considerations.

N Villca, A Asturizaga… - Pediatric Clinics of North …, 2021 - europepmc.org
Healthy children may present acute mountain sickness (AMS) within a few hours after arrival
at high altitudes. In few cases, serious complications may occur, including high-altitude …

High altitude simulation testing in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

AE Whitlock, CA Sheils, JM Zalieckas, G Visner… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Aim of study Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is associated with lung
hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Many patients receive care in specialty centers …

[HTML][HTML] Fernreisen mit Kindern

M Alberer - Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 2023 - Springer
Fernreisen mit Kindern bedürfen einer besonderen Planung und Vorbereitung. Neben
allgemeinen Aspekten, die zu beachten sind, wie z. B. Alter, körperliche Belastbarkeit und …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-air travel health-seeking behaviour, prevalence of barotitis media, its knowledge and associated factors among recently travelled patients in Kano, Nigeria

GC Michael, MB Usman, I Aliyu… - Nigerian …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study aimed to assess the pre-air travel health-seeking behaviour,
prevalence of BM, knowledge of BM and its associated factors among a cohort of outpatients …

Preparing children for international travel

H Chehab, PR Fischer, JC Christenson - Pediatrics In Review, 2021 - publications.aap.org
Traveling with a child can be emotionally and educationally rewarding but challenging as
well. Children are traveling from North America and Europe to most parts of the world …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and feasibility of long-distance aeromedical transport of neonates and children in fixed-wing air ambulance

A Veldman, S Krummer, D Schwabe… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
In cases of critical injury or illness abroad, fixed-wing air ambulance aircraft is employed to
repatriate children to their home country. Air ambulance aircraft also transport children to …

Travelling with children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases

M Freudenhammer, M Hufnagel - Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2021 - europepmc.org
Für Kinder und Jugendliche mit rheumatischen Erkrankungen bestehen durch ihre
Grunderkrankung und immunsuppressive Therapie auf (Fern-) Reisen zusätzliche Risiken …