Managing passengers with stable respiratory disease planning air travel: British thoracic society recommendations

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 831-833

  Shrikrishna, Dinesh ^a   Coker, Robina K ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; AVIATION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80051912655     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200694     Document Type: Article

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