Table 2 |
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Details of medical and surgical in-flight emergencies. Percentages are based on 10,189 incidents from two European airlines January 2002 to December 2007. |
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Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
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Diagnosis |
1615 |
100% |
1210 |
100% |
1167 |
100% |
1692 |
100% |
2379 |
100% |
2126 |
100% |
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Syncope |
906 |
56.1% |
665 |
55.0% |
726 |
62.2% |
919 |
54.3% |
1028 |
43.2% |
1063 |
50.0% |
|
Gastrointestinal disorders |
150 |
9.3% |
89 |
7.4% |
91 |
7.8% |
160 |
9.5% |
253 |
10.6% |
183 |
8.6% |
|
Generalised pain |
89 |
5.5% |
50 |
4.1% |
29 |
2.5% |
63 |
3.7% |
100 |
4.2% |
101 |
4.8% |
|
Fear of flying, unruliness |
73 |
4.5% |
42 |
3.5% |
33 |
2.8% |
91 |
5.4% |
118 |
5.0% |
103 |
4.8% |
|
Cardiac condition |
64 |
4.0% |
52 |
4.3% |
58 |
5.0% |
93 |
5.5% |
148 |
6.2% |
93 |
4.4% |
|
Nausea and vomiting |
52 |
3.2% |
23 |
1.9% |
30 |
2.6% |
49 |
2.9% |
87 |
3.7% |
58 |
2.7% |
|
Allergy |
37 |
2.3% |
42 |
3.5% |
24 |
2.1% |
25 |
1.5% |
40 |
1.7% |
54 |
2.5% |
|
Pyrexia |
30 |
1.9% |
35 |
2.9% |
18 |
1.5% |
26 |
1.5% |
50 |
2.1% |
30 |
1.4% |
|
Accident |
26 |
1.6% |
22 |
1.8% |
18 |
1.5% |
46 |
2.7% |
165 |
6.9% |
82 |
3.9% |
|
Hypoglycaemia |
23 |
1.4% |
30 |
2.5% |
8 |
0.7% |
16 |
0.9% |
14 |
0.6% |
12 |
0.6% |
|
Renal colic |
22 |
1.4% |
27 |
2.2% |
10 |
0.9% |
16 |
0.9% |
22 |
0.9% |
17 |
0.8% |
|
Epileptic seizure |
19 |
1.2% |
36 |
3.0% |
28 |
2.4% |
31 |
1.8% |
61 |
2.6% |
44 |
2.1% |
|
Dyspnoea |
18 |
1.1% |
5 |
0.4% |
2 |
0.2% |
3 |
0.2% |
4 |
0.2% |
2 |
0.1% |
|
Asthma, dyspnoea |
14 |
0.9% |
7 |
0.6% |
8 |
0.7% |
22 |
1.3% |
65 |
2.7% |
68 |
3.2% |
|
Inebriation |
13 |
0.8% |
6 |
0.5% |
5 |
0.4% |
4 |
0.2% |
11 |
0.5% |
11 |
0.5% |
|
Thrombosis |
9 |
0.6% |
8 |
0.7% |
6 |
0.5% |
11 |
0.7% |
8 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.2% |
|
Biliary colic |
9 |
0.6% |
4 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.4% |
4 |
0.2% |
9 |
0.4% |
2 |
0.1% |
|
Migraine |
8 |
0.5% |
4 |
0.3% |
2 |
0.2% |
4 |
0.2% |
2 |
0.1% |
8 |
0.4% |
|
Epistaxis |
8 |
0.5% |
2 |
0.2% |
5 |
0.4% |
8 |
0.5% |
7 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.2% |
|
Deaths |
6 |
0.4% |
3 |
0.2% |
5 |
0.4% |
5 |
0.3% |
13 |
0.5% |
20 |
0.9% |
|
Hyperventilation |
6 |
0.4% |
8 |
0.7% |
2 |
0.2% |
9 |
0.5% |
27 |
1.1% |
13 |
0.6% |
|
Appendicits |
6 |
0.4% |
3 |
0.2% |
3 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.3% |
4 |
0.2% |
6 |
0.3% |
|
Pregnancy problems |
6 |
0.4% |
4 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.4% |
13 |
0.8% |
7 |
0.3% |
8 |
0.4% |
|
Diabetes |
4 |
0.2% |
7 |
0.6% |
19 |
1.6% |
26 |
1.5% |
45 |
1.9% |
34 |
1.6% |
|
Suspected malaria |
4 |
0.2% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.0% |
|
Suspected apoplexy |
4 |
0.2% |
9 |
0.7% |
6 |
0.5% |
16 |
0.9% |
14 |
0.6% |
17 |
0.8% |
|
Suspected MI |
4 |
0.2% |
2 |
0.2% |
6 |
0.5% |
2 |
0.1% |
10 |
0.4% |
10 |
0.5% |
|
Hypertension |
2 |
0.1% |
12 |
1.0% |
10 |
0.9% |
15 |
0.9% |
55 |
2.3% |
39 |
1.8% |
|
Narcotic substance abuse |
1 |
0.1% |
1 |
0.1% |
1 |
0.1% |
2 |
0.1% |
2 |
0.1% |
1 |
0.0% |
|
Suspected meningitis |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Labor pains |
1 |
0.1% |
5 |
0.4% |
2 |
0.2% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.0% |
8 |
0.4% |
|
Births |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
0.1% |
|
Suspected embolism |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
0.1% |
2 |
0.1% |
1 |
0.0% |
|
Suspected pneumonia |
0 |
0.0% |
3 |
0.2% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.0% |
|
Drug abuse |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
3 |
0.2% |
6 |
0.3% |
23 |
1.1% |
|
Suspected tuberculosis |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Aneurysm |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Gastrointestinal bleeding |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Cerebral haemorrhage |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.1% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Attempted suicide |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
0.0% |
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Sand et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R3 doi:10.1186/cc7690 |
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