Post-flight confusion: does flying affect the brain?
Aetiology
clinical neurology
cognitive neuroscience
dementia
organic syndromes
Journal
BJPsych international
ISSN: 2056-4740
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101654173
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
11
03
2019
revised:
19
11
2019
accepted:
02
12
2019
entrez:
21
7
2021
pubmed:
22
7
2021
medline:
22
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34288979
doi: 10.1192/bji.2020.1
pii: S205647402000001X
pmc: PMC8281225
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
62-65Informations de copyright
© The Authors 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest: None.
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