Background and objective: The safety of air travel in patients with pneumothorax-prone
pulmonary diseases, such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), has not been studied to …

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 …

165.369 revisiones sobre las condiciones ambientales y de acondicionamiento son
publicadas por las propias compañías aéreas y están disponibles en Internet22, 23 …

Pollock NW, Natoli MJ, Gerth WA, Thalmann ED, Vann RD. Risk of decompression sickness
during exposure to high cabin altitude after diving. Aviat Space Environ Med 2003; 74: 1163 …

Although the vast majority of humans live in lowland areas of the Earth at sea level or slightly
higher elevations, increasing numbers of people work or engage in leisure activities at …

Travel is associated with health risks, particularly for those with underlying medical
conditions. In most cases these risks can be anticipated and mitigated with special attention …

En el entorno neumológico no es habitual conocer las normativas europeas y de EE. UU.
que regulan la administración de oxígeno durante los viajes en avión y la política a tal …

Millions of people around the world engage in leisure or occupational activities in extreme
environments [1]. These environments sometimes entail health risks even for normal …

Oxygen was first identified at the end of the eighteenth century but was not used as a
therapeutic tool until 1887, by Holsapel. Although oxygen toxicity has been reported …

It is worth remembering that the atmosphere surrounding the Earth's crust is made up of
different layers or strata: the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the …