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vol. 27 no. 148
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- Received March 20, 2018
- Accepted April 30, 2018
- Published online June 13, 2018.
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- 1Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
- 2Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
- 3Dept of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater University, Bologna, Italy
- Begum Ergan, Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 35340, Turkey. E-mail: begumergan{at}hotmail.com
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Should I stay or should I go? COPD and air travel
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- Abstract
- Abstract
- Introduction
- General risk of flying
- The environment inside the aircraft: alterations in gas exchange and haemodynamics at high altitude
- The risk of flying with COPD
- Symptoms
- Assessment for in-flight hypoxaemia in COPD
- Tests used for pre-flight assessment
- How should COPD patients be prepared for flying?
- Oxygen supplementation
- Other problems
- Conclusion
- Footnotes
- References
- Figures & Data
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