Medical emergencies at a major international airport: In-flight symptoms and ground-based follow-up

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1021-1024

  Chan, Shu B ^a   Hogan, Teresita M ^a   Silva, Julio C ^a  

^a RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Emergency medical services; Heart diseases; In flight medical emergencies; Mortality; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FIRST AID; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CHICAGO; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

LEPUS;

EID: 0036789397     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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