Commercial in-flight medical emergencies: Difference between revisions
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===Epidemiology=== | |||
*syncope or presyncope (37.4%) | |||
*respiratory symptoms (12.1%) | |||
*nausea or vomiting (9.5%) | |||
*Cardiac symptoms (7.7) | |||
*Seizures (5.8) | |||
*Abdominal pain (4.1) | |||
*Infectious disease (2.8) | |||
*Agitation or psychiatric symptoms (2.4) | |||
*Allergic reaction (2.2) | |||
*Possible stroke (2.0) | |||
*Trauma, not otherwise specified (1.8) | |||
*Diabetic complication (1.6) | |||
*Headache (1.0) | |||
*Arm or leg pain or injury (1.0) | |||
*Obstetrical or gynecologic symptoms(0.5) | |||
Ear pain (0.4) | |||
*Cardiac arrest (0.3) | |||
*Laceration (0.3) | |||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
*Peterson DC, et al. "Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights" N Engl J Med 2013;368:2075-83. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212052 | *Peterson DC, et al. "Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights" N Engl J Med 2013;368:2075-83. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212052 | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 30 August 2013
Background
- 1 per 604 flights
- 0.3% of cases died
Epidemiology
- syncope or presyncope (37.4%)
- respiratory symptoms (12.1%)
- nausea or vomiting (9.5%)
- Cardiac symptoms (7.7)
- Seizures (5.8)
- Abdominal pain (4.1)
- Infectious disease (2.8)
- Agitation or psychiatric symptoms (2.4)
- Allergic reaction (2.2)
- Possible stroke (2.0)
- Trauma, not otherwise specified (1.8)
- Diabetic complication (1.6)
- Headache (1.0)
- Arm or leg pain or injury (1.0)
- Obstetrical or gynecologic symptoms(0.5)
Ear pain (0.4)
- Cardiac arrest (0.3)
- Laceration (0.3)
Source
- Peterson DC, et al. "Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights" N Engl J Med 2013;368:2075-83. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212052