Evaluating hypoxia during air travel in healthy infants: Table 1

Evaluating hypoxia during air travel in healthy infants.

Up to a third of ex-preterm infants flying near term exhibit pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) of less than 85% during air travel. A hypoxia challenge test (HCT) is recommended to evaluate the requirement for in-flight supplemental O2. The validity of the HCT in healthy, term infants has not been reported. This study aimed to characterise the in-flight hypoxia response and the accuracy of the HCT ...

How Much Hypoxia Is Significant in Pulmonary Hypertension During Air Travel?

We thank Drs Nathanson and Higgins for their interest in our work and recognize their contributions to the fi eld through their development of the Mortality Probability Model (MPM) III. As they note, in our study models with a greater number of predictor variables provided better discriminatory capacity for the prediction of hospital mortality. 1 When deciding whether a specifi c predictor vari...

How much hypoxia is significant in pulmonary hypertension during air travel?

We thank Drs Nathanson and Higgins for their interest in our work and recognize their contributions to the fi eld through their development of the Mortality Probability Model (MPM) III. As they note, in our study models with a greater number of predictor variables provided better discriminatory capacity for the prediction of hospital mortality. 1 When deciding whether a specifi c predictor vari...

Pulmonary artery pressure increases during commercial air travel in healthy passengers.

BACKGROUND It is not known whether the mild hypoxia experienced by passengers during commercial air travel triggers hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and increases pulmonary artery pressure in flight. Insidious pulmonary hypertensive responses could endanger susceptible passengers who have cardiopulmonary disease or increased hypoxic pulmonary vascular sensitivity. Understanding these effects ...

Special Considerations in Air Travel for Pregnant Women