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6 sty 2023 · The current view is that ordinary passengers without underlying diseases or high-risk factors for VTE formation do not need to prevent economy class syndrome, which means that long-distance flight seems to aggravate the influence of preexisting predisposing factors, rather than initiating thrombosis in a previously nonpredisposed person in ...
1 sie 2021 · Economy class syndrome refers to the occurrence of thrombotic events during long-haul flights, mainly in economy class passengers. The clinical condition defined here is observed not only in those travelling in economy class, but also in those travelling by land according to the studies.
16 wrz 2003 · Prevention. Whilst it remains debatable as to whether or not there is a risk of VTE in association with travel, general practitioners and physicians are being asked to advise people prior to long air flights on how to reduce any possible risk.
26 maj 2017 · The term ‘economy class syndrome’ refers to the occurrence of thrombotic events during long-haul flights that mainly occur in passengers in the economy class of the aircraft. This syndrome results from several factors related to the aircraft cabin (immobilization, hypobaric hypoxia and low humidity) and the passenger (body mass index ...
1 sty 2007 · Dr. Simpson speculated that prolonged sitting on deck chairs in public air-raid shelters contributed to this epidemic. He was further convinced that providing bunks, instead of chairs, would help alleviate this early example of “economy class syndrome.”
The “Economy Class Syndrome” Problems With the Assessment of Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism. A necdotal reports of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with air travel have been ap-pearing for 20 years, to a total of approximately 200 cases, including several sudden deaths.1 These have attracted considerable international publicity.
21 sie 2001 · Design: This pilot study, conducted in the United Kingdom, enrolled 231 healthy volunteers over 50 years of age who intended to take an economy-class, round-trip flight. Each flight lasted at least 8 hours, and the return flight was completed within 6 weeks.
