Venous thromboembolism in long-distance air travellers [2] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9412, 2004, Pages 896-897

  Klauser, Andrea ^a   Schirmer, Michael ^b   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Miller, John Dudley ^c   Lapostolle, Frédéric ^d   Catineau, Jean ^d   Lapandry, Claude ^d   Adnet, Frédéric ^d   Hughes, Rodney ^e   Weatherall, Mark ^e   Wilsher, Margaret ^e   Beasley, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Med Res Institute of New Zealand ^*  (United States)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG MOVEMENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BANDAGE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ASPIRIN; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 1842833540     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)15743-7     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Cruickshank SM Gorlin R Jennett B Air travel and thrombotic episodes: the economy class syndrome Lancet 2 1988 497 498
2. Lapostolle F Surget V Borron SW Severe pulmonary embolism associated with air travel N Engl J Med 345 2001 779 783
3. Martinelli I Taioli E Battaglioli T Risk of venous thromboembolism after air travel: interaction with thrombophilia and oral contraceptives Arch Intern Med 163 2003 2771 2774