title: [Recommendations for management of patients with lung disease planning a flight or high altitude travel].
abstract: Every year a large number of children travel by plane and/or to places with high altitudes. Most of these journeys occur without incident. Immigration and recent socioeconomic changes have also increased the number of patients with cardiopulmonary disease who travel. Environmental changes in these places, especially lower oxygen, can lead to a risk of significant adverse events. The paediatrician must be aware of the diseases that are susceptible to complications, as well as the necessary preliminary studies and recommendations for treatment in these circumstances. The Techniques Group of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Chest Diseases undertook to design a document reviewing the literature on the subject, providing some useful recommendations in the management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, España. fbosona@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Osona Rodríguez de Torres
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Asensio de la Cruz
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peña Zarza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figuerola Mulet
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Aguilar Fernández
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014195:Travel