Venous Thrombosis

Study Simulating Aircraft Conditions Suggests Increased Risk

Published in Blood Weekly, November 23rd, 2000

A study published in the October 28, 2000 issue of The Lancet concluded that there was no increased risk of venous thrombosis from air travel.

Now, in the November 11, 2000, issue of the journal suggests there actually is a higher risk, based on simulation of aircraft conditions.

The first report was a study by R.A. Kraaijenhagen and D. Haverkamp ("Travel and risk of venous thrombosis," Lancet, 2000;356:1492-93).

Airplane flights are thought to increase the risk of venous thrombosis, but the mechanism behind this effect is unknown. Suggested risk factors are a hypobaric (low pressure) and hypoxic (low oxygen)...

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