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Interventions to prevent venous thrombosis after air travel, are they necessary? Yes
Author(s) -
BRENNER B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of thrombosis and haemostasis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.947
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1538-7836
pISSN - 1538-7933
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02181.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , venous thrombosis , deep vein , air travel , pulmonary embolism , sitting , incidence (geometry) , psychological intervention , epidemiology , scopus , medline , pathology , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , optics , political science , law , aviation , psychiatry
Over 300 million passengers travel yearly on long‐distance flights in cramped positions. While the association between air travel and venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been recognized for over 50 years [1], a growing number of reports over the past 7 years shed light on the epidemiological and pathophysiological aspects of travel‐related thrombosis, emphasizing the question of prophylaxis in this setting.