Flight-related complications are infrequent in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia/pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, despite low oxygen saturations and anaemia

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-81

  Mason, Christopher G ^a   Shovlin, Claire L ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FLIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE;

EID: 84855208085     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201027     Document Type: Letter

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