tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Surgical and medical emergencies on board European aircraft: a retrospective study of 10189 cases"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Surgical and medical emergencies on board European aircraft: a retrospective study of 10189 cases. | Available online http content 13 1 R3 Research Surgical and medical emergencies on board European aircraft a retrospective study of 10189 cases Michael Sand1 2 Falk-Georges Bechara2 Daniel Sand3 and Benno Mann1 1 Department of General and Visceral Surgery Augusta Krankenanstalt Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum Bergstrasse 26 44791 Bochum Germany department of Dermatology and Allergology Ruhr-University Bochum Klinikstrasse 56 44791 Bochum Germany department of Physiological Science University of California Los Angeles UCLA 621 Charles E. Young Drive South Los Angeles CA 900951527 USA Corresponding author Michael Sand Received 19 Oct 2008 Revisions requested 15 Jan 2009 Revisions received 16 Jan 2009 Accepted 20 Jan 2009 Published 20 Jan 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R3 doi cc7690 This article is online at http content 13 1 R3 2009 Sand et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction In-flight medical and surgical emergencies IMEs onboard commercial aircrafts occur quite commonly. However little epidemiological research exists concerning these incidents. Methods Thirty-two European airlines were asked to provide anonymous data on medical flight reports of IMEs for the years 2002 to 2007. The total number of incidents was correlated to revenue passenger kilometers rpk . Additionally on-board births and deaths flight diversions flight routes continental intercontinental and involvement of a physician or medical professional in providing therapy were analysed. Results Only four airlines of which two participated in this study were able to provide the necessary data. A total of 10 189 cases of IMEs were .