From the Cochrane Library: Wearing Compression Stockings During Long-distance Flights Reduces the Risk of Asymptomatic Deep-vein Thrombosis
From: Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Dutch Cochrane Centre, J1B-108, Postbus 22.660, 1100 DD Amsterdam. j.v.hamerlynck@amc.uva.nl
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
- Publish Date: Nov 2006
- ISSN: 0028-2162
- Volume: 150
- Issue: 45
- Pages: 2486-8
- Medium: Print
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- Citation (JAMA): Hamerlynck J V Th H, Middeldorp S, Scholten R J P M, et al. From the Cochrane Library: Wearing Compression Stockings During Long-distance Flights Reduces the Risk of Asymptomatic Deep-vein Thrombosis. Nov 2006;150:2486-8
Abstract
A recent Cochrane systematic review assessed the effects of wearing compression stockings during long-distance flights on the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). Ten randomised trials were included, 9 of which compared wearing compression stockings on both legs during the whole flight (at least 7 hours) with not wearing compression stockings. In these 9 trials, 50 of 2637 participants with 1 week of follow-up had asymptomatic DVT; 3 had worn stockings, 47 had not (odds ratio: 0.10; 95% CI: 0.04-0.25). No deaths, pulmonary emboli or symptomatic DVTs were reported. Wearing stockings had a significant impact in reducing oedema of the lower legs. No significant adverse effects of wearing stockings were reported.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Aerospace Medicine, Aircraft, Bandages, Edema, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Risk Factors, Travel, Venous Thrombosis
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