SummaryBackgroundRecent air travel recommendations suggest patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PCPH) in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class 3 and 4 should have in-flight oxygen without the need for pre-flight testing. However it remains unclear as to how best to determine patients fitness to fly.MethodsThis study (i) investigates the effect of hypoxic challenge testing (HCT) on the arterial oxygen levels in a cohort of 36 patients with PCPH and (ii) compares the relative frequency with which FC and HCT predict the requirement for in-flight oxygen.ResultsThe degree of arterial hypoxaemia induced by HCT (fall in partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) 2.36 kPa, 95% CI 2.06–2.66 kPa) was similar to the...
Air travel is known as the safest way of transportation. Therefore, patients with health problems pr...
For most of the people with stable and well-controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
INTRODUCTION: There is little data available to determine the normal response to normobaric hypoxia ...
SummaryBackgroundRecent air travel recommendations suggest patients with precapillary pulmonary hype...
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when travell...
SummaryBackgroundRespiratory disease may cause profound hypoxaemia during flight. Previously derived...
BackgroundLimited data are available on the effects of air travel in patients with pulmonary hyperte...
SummaryIn an attempt to guide physicians asked by respiratory patients for advice on flight fitness,...
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether the mild hypoxia experienced by passengers during commercial air...
AbstractBackgroundPatients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when t...
BACKGROUND: Limited data are available comparing air travel with the hypoxia inhalation test (HIT) i...
Background: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when traveli...
Introduction: The risks associated with commercial flight for respiratory compromised patients is ...
Abstract Patients with respiratory diseases may be at risk during flight because at cruising altit...
AbstractBackgroundFor patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)-related partial respiratory insufficiency a...
Air travel is known as the safest way of transportation. Therefore, patients with health problems pr...
For most of the people with stable and well-controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
INTRODUCTION: There is little data available to determine the normal response to normobaric hypoxia ...
SummaryBackgroundRecent air travel recommendations suggest patients with precapillary pulmonary hype...
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when travell...
SummaryBackgroundRespiratory disease may cause profound hypoxaemia during flight. Previously derived...
BackgroundLimited data are available on the effects of air travel in patients with pulmonary hyperte...
SummaryIn an attempt to guide physicians asked by respiratory patients for advice on flight fitness,...
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether the mild hypoxia experienced by passengers during commercial air...
AbstractBackgroundPatients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when t...
BACKGROUND: Limited data are available comparing air travel with the hypoxia inhalation test (HIT) i...
Background: Patients with chronic pulmonary diseases are at increased risk of hypoxemia when traveli...
Introduction: The risks associated with commercial flight for respiratory compromised patients is ...
Abstract Patients with respiratory diseases may be at risk during flight because at cruising altit...
AbstractBackgroundFor patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)-related partial respiratory insufficiency a...
Air travel is known as the safest way of transportation. Therefore, patients with health problems pr...
For most of the people with stable and well-controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
INTRODUCTION: There is little data available to determine the normal response to normobaric hypoxia ...