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Post-flight confusion: does flying affect the brain?

Rands, Gianetta
; 
McCabe, Thomas
; 
Abstract
This paper describes a condition termed post-flight confusion using anecdotal and clinical observations. It reviews research from the fields of aviation and altitude medicine and how this could apply to some physiological changes that happen during commercial flights. The collection of symptoms observed is similar to those of delirium. More research is needed to validate these observations, to identify the risks of flying for older people and to consider not only how to minimise these risks but whether this situation contributes to our knowledge about the aetiologies of delirium and dementias.
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imray, chris
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Date
2020-08
Type
Article
Subject
Diseases & disorders of systemic, metabolic or environmental origin, Neurology, Elderly care.
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UHCW Vascular
GEH Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Citation
Rands G, McCabe T, Imray C. Post-flight confusion: does flying affect the brain? BJPsych Int. 2020 Aug;17(3):62-65. doi: 10.1192/bji.2020.1.
Journal / Source Title
BJPsych International
DOI
10.1192/bji.2020.1
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14200/1799
PMID
34288979
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publisher’s URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8281225/
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