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Pulmonary thromboembolism after air travel: two case reports, the review of literature and forensic implications.
Mihailovic, Zoran; Radnic, Bojana; Atanasijevic, Tatjana; Popovic, Vesna.
Afiliação
  • Mihailovic Z; Institute of Forensic Medicine Milovan Milovanovic, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Deligradska 31a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. mihailovic@med.bg.ac.rs
Forensic Sci Int ; 222(1-3): e13-8, 2012 Oct 10.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22704553
Air travel as a risk factor for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is rarely described in forensic literature. Two cases of PTE after air travel are presented in this report. Each flight was intercontinental and lasted for more than 10 h, resulting in typical "traveler's thrombosis" within 2 weeks. In both cases, the risk factors were age, duration of flight and also peripheral circulation problems caused by heart (hypertension, arrhythmia), and varicose veins failures. Possible pathophysiological mechanisms of thrombus formation in these cases were blood flow stasis from prolonged recumbence, reduced function of the lower leg muscle pump, dehydration, and hypobaric hypoxia. Legal aspects of death due to PTE after air travel and possible responsibility of air companies are discussed.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Embolia Pulmonar / Aviação / Viagem Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Embolia Pulmonar / Aviação / Viagem Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article