Surgical and Medical Emergencies on Board of European Aircraft Carriers

The goal of this retrospective study is to describe emergency relevant illnesses occurring in airline passengers.

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Key information

Conditions

Circulatory Collapse Chest Pain Diarrhea Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Shock Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive

Age range

Up to 100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Krankenanstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, 44791, Germany

About this study

An epidemiologic database documenting medical and surgical emergencies across European airlines will provide access to data potentially valuable for further flight-epidemiological research. Data on medical emergencies / per rpk (revenue passenger kilometres) are sparse and often based on data from a single airline. While handling the data the regulations of the data protection act of the Ethic commission of the Ruhr-University Bochum are fully respected. As noted, evaluation of the data will be completely anonymized without any information regarding the airline or other details than the passengers illness.

Preview: The results of the study specified above will be submitted for publication in a peer review and Medline listed journal.

Study Design: Retrospective, epidemiological study for the evaluation of medical and surgical emergencies on board airliners.

Patients: In the context of a retrospective study approximately 20,000 patient data from 32 European airlines are collected and statistically evaluated.

Documentation: The direct documentation takes place through project responsible person into an electronic statistical data base.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Men, women, adolescent, children and babies who have suffered from an emergency on board an European airline.

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

All cause mortality, cause of medical or surgical emergency while on aircraft

Time frame: 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ruhr University of Bochum

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Jul 11, 2008
Registry last updated: Oct 4, 2016

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