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EditorialsThe Hypoxia Altitude Simulation Test: An Increasingly Performed Test for the Evaluation of Patients Prior to Air Travel
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2010, Respiratory MedicineCitation Excerpt :Accurate identification of those who require oxygen is important due to the cost, increased risk of fire and travel restrictions supplemental oxygen may impose. The more recently updated and comprehensive British Thoracic Society recommendations6 state that if oxygen saturations (SpO2) in room air at sea level are >95% then no further respiratory assessment is required. Most of the studies cited to support these views report data for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)3 and the guidelines were last reviewed in 2004.
Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation
2012, ThoraxCitation Excerpt :In these two groups of patients, the level of in-flight hypoxaemia was difficult to predict, underlining the need for pre-flight testing with HAST. Even though HAST is increasingly used in pre-flight assessment,32 33 it is not widely available.11 21 HAST has been shown to be a good predictor of in-flight PaO218 32 34 35 and the results obtained are reproducible.32
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Dr. Mohr is Professor of Medicine and Director, Environmental Biosciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina.
The author has no conflict of interest to disclose.