Incidence of Air Travel–Related Pulmonary Embolism at the Madrid-Barajas Airport
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- 8 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 163 (22) , 2766-2770
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.22.2766
Abstract
ALTHOUGH PREVIOUSLY described by several authors, the relationship between pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and air travel acquired notoriety as a result of the publication by Cruickshank et al1 describing the economy class syndrome (ECS). The reduced space and lack of mobility on long-distance flights could favor the development of venous thrombosis and ECS.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: