Deep vein thrombosis is most likely within two weeks of long flights

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7423.0

BMJ 2003;327 (8 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7423.0

Deep vein thrombosis is most likely within two weeks of long flights

An aeroplane passenger has four times the risk of venous thromboembolism,but only in the first two weeks after a long haul flight. Kelmanand colleagues (p 1072) linked hospital records for 5408 patientsadmitted to hospital with venous thromboembolism to arrivaldata for international flights during 1981-99 in Western Australia.They conclude that for most passengers the risk of venous thromboembolismafter a long haul flight is small and that the average riskof death from flight related venous thromboembolism is around1 per 2 million flights.

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Deep vein thrombosis and air travel: record linkage study: C W Kelman, M A Kortt, N G Becker, Z Li, J D Mathews, C S Guest, and C D J Holman
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