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Coagulation
New coagulation study findings reported from Institute for Leisure
April 16th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Changes in blood coagulation of arm and leg veins during a simulated long-haul flight." According to recent research from Hall, Austria, "Long-haul flights are associated with an increased incidence for venous thromboembolic events. At present, markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis were only analyzed from arm veins after long distance travel." "Respective data from leg veins are missing. Here, we measured these parameters in healthy volunteers (n=12) before and after 10 h sitting in modern aircraft chairs under normobaric hypoxia (corresponding to 2400 m altitude). Blood was collected from arm and leg veins before,...
Source: Hematology Week (2007-04-16)
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