Abstract:During air travel, increasing hypoxia with altitude ascent is a potentially serious problem for patients with hypoxemic chronic airway obstruction (CAO). Travel by air is the most popular way of transport nowadays & estimated that each year worldwide, more than 3 billion passengers travel by air & 736 million in the United States alone. For most passengers, even those with respiratory disease, air travel is safe and comfortable. Some patients with COPD &other Chronic Lung diseases may be at risk bu… Show more
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