First-ever Ischemic Stroke after a Flight in a Patient with Prior Poliomyelitis

• Main Authors: Cheng-Chiang Chang (Author), Shin-Tsu Chang (Author), Chih-Hung Ku (Author), Shang-Lin Chiang (Author), Hsiao-Ying Chang (Author), Min-Hsin Lai (Author), Kao-Chung Tsai (Author), Liang-Cheng Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Survivors of poliomyelitis sometimes travel by air with mobility assistance. However, prolonged seating during long-haul flights may also possibly produce stroke events on polio-inflicted patients. A 48-year-old polio-inflicted male suffered a stroke after an extended flight. A two-dimensional echoc...