Nonurgent commercial air travel after nonhemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident.
Nonurgent commercial air travel in patients who have experienced a nonhemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) may occur, particularly in the elderly traveling population. A recent CVA, particularly occurring during a person's travel, presents a significant challenge to the patient, companions, family, and health care team. Specific medical recommendation, based on accumulated scientific data and interpreted by medical experts, is needed so that travel health care professionals can appropriately guide the patient. Unfortunately, such recommendations are almost entirely lacking despite the relative frequency of CVA and air travel. This article reviews the existing recommendations with conclusions based on both these limited data and rationale conjecture.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.
Andrew
A
Barros
Allianz Global Assistance France, Paris, France.
François-Xavier
FX
Duchateau
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; Allianz Global Assistance France, Paris, France; Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; Allianz Global Assistance USA, Richmond, VA.
J Stephen
JS
Huff
Allianz Global Assistance France, Paris, France.
Laurent
L
Verner
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; Allianz Global Assistance Canada, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Allianz Global Assistance USA, Richmond, VA.
Robert E
RE
O'Connor
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; Allianz Global Assistance Canada, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Allianz Global Assistance USA, Richmond, VA; Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA. Electronic address: wb4z@virginia.edu.
William J
WJ
Brady
D064870:Air Travel; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology