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Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure
CONTEXT: Prevalence of patients with heart failure (HF) is increasing in worldwide, and also the number of people with HF traveling long distances is increasing. These patients are more prone to experience problems contributed air travel and needs more attention during flight. However, observational...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4102980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25068047 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.17213 |
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author | Izadi, Morteza Alemzadeh-Ansari, Mohammad Javad Kazemisaleh, Davood Moshkani-Farahani, Maryam |
author_facet | Izadi, Morteza Alemzadeh-Ansari, Mohammad Javad Kazemisaleh, Davood Moshkani-Farahani, Maryam |
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description | CONTEXT: Prevalence of patients with heart failure (HF) is increasing in worldwide, and also the number of people with HF traveling long distances is increasing. These patients are more prone to experience problems contributed air travel and needs more attention during flight. However, observational studies about problems of HF patients during flight and appropriated considerations for them are limited. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: We evaluated the conditions that may be encountered in a HF patient and provide the recommendations to prevent the exacerbation of cardiac failure during air travel. For this review article, a comprehensive search was undertaken for the studies that evaluated the complications and considerations of HF patients during flight. Data bases searched were: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. RESULTS: HF patients are more prone to experience respiratory distress, anxiety, stress, cardiac decompensation, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) during air travel. Although stable HF patients can tolerate air travel, but those with acute heart failure syndrome should not fly until complete improvement is achieved. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, identifying the HF patients before the flight and providing them proper education about the events that may occur during flight is necessary. |
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spelling | pubmed-41029802014-07-25 Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure Izadi, Morteza Alemzadeh-Ansari, Mohammad Javad Kazemisaleh, Davood Moshkani-Farahani, Maryam Iran Red Crescent Med J Review Article CONTEXT: Prevalence of patients with heart failure (HF) is increasing in worldwide, and also the number of people with HF traveling long distances is increasing. These patients are more prone to experience problems contributed air travel and needs more attention during flight. However, observational studies about problems of HF patients during flight and appropriated considerations for them are limited. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: We evaluated the conditions that may be encountered in a HF patient and provide the recommendations to prevent the exacerbation of cardiac failure during air travel. For this review article, a comprehensive search was undertaken for the studies that evaluated the complications and considerations of HF patients during flight. Data bases searched were: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. RESULTS: HF patients are more prone to experience respiratory distress, anxiety, stress, cardiac decompensation, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) during air travel. Although stable HF patients can tolerate air travel, but those with acute heart failure syndrome should not fly until complete improvement is achieved. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, identifying the HF patients before the flight and providing them proper education about the events that may occur during flight is necessary. Kowsar 2014-06-05 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4102980/ /pubmed/25068047 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.17213 Text en Copyright © 2014, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal; Published by Kowsar Corp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Izadi, Morteza Alemzadeh-Ansari, Mohammad Javad Kazemisaleh, Davood Moshkani-Farahani, Maryam Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title | Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title_full | Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title_fullStr | Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title_full_unstemmed | Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title_short | Air Travel Considerations for the Patients With Heart Failure |
title_sort | air travel considerations for the patients with heart failure |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4102980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25068047 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.17213 |
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