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ReviewThe American journal of medicine2016

Prevention of Medical Events During Air Travel: A Narrative Review.

Diane Naouri, Frederic Lapostolle, Claire Rondet, Olivier Ganansia, Dominique Pateron, Youri Yordanov

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Review in The American journal of medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Guidelines for the prevention of travel-associated illness in older adults.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2017
    Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Diane NaouriService des Urgences, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Frederic LapostolleSAMU 93, Hopital Avicenne, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France; Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Claire RondetFaculté de Médecine, Université Pierre et Marie-Curie, Departement de Médecine Générale, Paris, France.
Olivier GanansiaService des Urgences, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Paris, France.
Dominique PateronService des Urgences, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Faculté de Médecine, Université Pierre et Marie-Curie, Paris, France and NOT Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Youri YordanovService des Urgences, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Faculté de Médecine, Université Pierre et Marie-Curie, Paris, France and NOT Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Centre de Recherche Epidémiologie et Statistique, INSERM U1153, Paris, France. Electronic address: youri.yordanov@aphp.fr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior to traveling, and when seeking medical pretravel advice, patients consult their personal physicians. Inflight medical issues are estimated to occur up to 350 times per day worldwide (1/14,000-40,000 passengers). Specific characteristics of the air cabin environment are associated with hypoxia and the expansion of trapped gases into body cavities, which can lead to harm. The most frequent medical events during air travel include abdominal pain; ear, nose, and throat pathologies; psychiatric disorders; and life-threatening events such as acute respiratory failure or cardiac arrest. Physicians need to be aware of the management of these conditions in this unusual setting. Chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases are common and are at increased risk of acute exacerbation. Physicians must be trained in these conditions and inform their patients about their prevention.

Indexed as

Air TravelTravel MedicineEmergenciesGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansInfectionsMental DisordersOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestRisk FactorsVenous ThromboembolismEmergency medicinePreventionTravel

Identifiers

PMID27267286
PMCPMC7093858

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