Relation between Air Travel and Venous Thromboembolism
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
It has been, and still remains, a controversy whether air travel increases the risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) or not (38). Sixty years ago, Homans (33) reported the first VTE cases related to travel. He emphasized previous where prolonged sitting was the only possible link to VTE (77). “Economy class syndrome” was first mentioned in the medical literature in 1977 (81) . Since then, numerous articles have been published about the association between air travel and the development of VTE. Differing opinions, ideas, and conclusions illustrate how much this area of research continues to be debated.
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Yasser M Almotairi
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