肺高血压患者的航空旅行 - 一项前性多中心研究
Athiththan Yogeswaran1, Jan Grimminger1, Khodr Tello1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) Giessen Germany.
对于肺高血压 (PH) 患者来说,航空旅行是安全的. 在PEGASUS研究中,在60名PH患者的航空旅行中没有发现严重的不良事件,这表明PH患者的安全性很好.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 肺部医学 肺部医学
- 航空航天医学 航空航天医学
背景情况:
- 肺高血压 (PH) 是一种严重的疾病,影响肺中的动脉和心脏的右侧.
- 由于机压力和氧气水平的潜在变化,人们对PH患者的航空旅行安全存在担忧.
- 关于被诊断患有肺高血压的患者飞行安全性的前性数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了前性地评估诊断为肺高血压 (PH) 的患者的航空旅行的安全性.
- 评估PH群体在航空旅行期间和之后发生的不良事件的发生率.
- 确定航空旅行是否是PH患者的安全选择,特别是那些属于世卫组织功能类II和III的患者.
主要方法:
- 佩加索斯研究是一项多中心的前性评估.
- 从60名肺高血压 (PH) 患者的航空旅行中收集了数据.
- 在飞行期间和之后,患者报告的不良事件被系统地记录下来.
主要成果:
- 在60名PH患者中,没有人在航空旅行期间报告任何严重不良事件.
- 13%的患者在飞行期间自我报告了轻度不良事件,20%的患者在着陆后自我报告了不良事件.
- 只有1名患者 (2%) 经历了一次不良事件,需要在飞行后咨询医生.
结论:
- 航空旅行被证明对肺高血压 (PH) 患者来说是安全的.
- 该研究支持PH患者飞行安全,包括WHO功能类II和III的人.
- 研究结果表明,PH患者对航空旅行的担忧可能被夸大了,轻度,可控事件的发病率很低.
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