ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2024
Effects of training flights of combat jet pilots on parameters of airway function, diffusing capacity and systemic oxidative stress, and their association with flight parameters.
Article in European journal of medical research, 2024. 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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- Acute health effects of ambient air pollution including ultrafine particles in a semi-experimental setting in young, healthy individuals.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Trial
- Human limits in next-generation fighter aviation: psychophysiological stressors, readiness, health, performance, and countermeasures.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Pulmonary Function Changes in Fighter Pilots with Positive Pressure Ventilation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundFighter aircraft pilots are regularly exposed to physiological challenges from high acceleration (G
methodsThirty-five pilots of the German Air Force performed 145 flights with the Eurofighter Typhoon. Prior to and after flight lung diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL
resultsDL
conclusionsThe pattern of reductions in diffusing capacities suggests effects arising from atelectasis and increased diffusion barrier, without changes in capillary blood volume. The decrease in exhaled endogenous NO suggests bronchial mucosal irritation and/or local oxidative stress, and the increase in urinary oxidized guanosine species suggests systemic oxidative stress. Although changes were small and not clinically relevant, their presence demonstrated physiological effects of real training flights in a modern 4th generation fighter jet.
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