[The efficacy of the early diagnosis of digestive tract diseases in flight personnel].
In the Air Force, the alimentary canal (AC) morbidity in flying personnel (FP) ranks second among diseases of the internal organs, as evidenced by epidemiologic studies over six years (1988-1993). Data are submitted of examination of 1438 individuals (pilots, navigators, other aircrew members) under conditions of the flight-surgeon's appraisal division. Procedures of active fibroesophagogastroduodenoscopy permit early detection of AC disorders. 18.7-50% of FP presenting with AC disorders displayed Helicobacter pylori, as per histologic sections of biopsies from mucosa of the pyloric portion of the stomach. To the authors' thinking, AC disorders in FP may result from exposure to (stress, in-flight emergency) factors of flight.
Lobenko
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Vasil'ev
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D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001706:Biopsy; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine