Awareness of venous thromboembolism during long-haul flights among medical students - what do they really know about its prevention and treatment?

• Main Authors: Maciej Krzysztof Wołkowski (Author), Jagoda Witkowska (Author), Marcela Zembura (Author), Eliza Wojciechowska (Author), Tomasz Urbanek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Worldwide air traffic reaches about 2.3 billion passengers annually. A complication of long-haul flights is venous thromboembolism (VTE). It manifests itself as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE). Despite the relatively high incidence of this disease, access to in...