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Levkovsky A, Dardik R, Barazany D, Steinberg DM, Kirichenko MD, Apter S, Peleg E, Silverberg D, Grossman E, Salomon O. The effect of civil and military flights on coagulation, fibrinolysis and blood flow: insight from a rat model. Thromb J 2020; 18:24. [PMID: 33041672 PMCID: PMC7541254 DOI: 10.1186/s12959-020-00237-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Air travel thrombosis continues to be a controversial topic. Exposure to hypoxia and hypobaric conditions during air travel is assumed a risk factor. The aim of this study is to explore changes in parameters of coagulation, fibrinolysis and blood flow in a rat model of exposure to hypobaric conditions that imitate commercial and combat flights. Methods Sixty Sprague-Dawley male rats, aged 10 weeks, were divided into 5 groups according to the type and duration of exposure to hypobaric conditions. The exposure conditions were 609 m and 7620 m for 2 and 12 h duration. Blood count, thrombin– antithrombin complex, D-dimer, interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 were analyzed. All rats went through flight angiography MRI at day 13-post exposure. Results No effect of the various exposure conditions was observed on coagulation, fibrinolytic system, IL-1 or IL-6. MRI angiography showed blood flow reduction in lower limb to less than 30% in 50% of the rats. The reduction in blood flow was more pronounced in the left vessel than in the right vessel (p = 0.006, Wilcoxon signed rank test). The extent of occlusion differed across exposure groups in the right, but not the left vessel (p = 0.002, p = 0.150, respectively, Kruskal-Wallis test). However, these differences did not correlate with the exposure conditions. Conclusion In the present rat model, no clear correlation between various hypobaric conditions and activation of coagulation was observed. The reduction in blood flow in the lower limb also occurred in the control group and was not related to the type of exposure.
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- Anna Levkovsky
- Thrombosis Unit Sheba Medical Center, Coagulation Institute, 52621 Tel Hashomer, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- National Hemophilia Center and Thrombosis Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Strauss Computational Neuroimaging Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Strauss Computational Neuroimaging Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.,Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hypertension Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Vascular Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Internal Medicine Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Thrombosis Unit Sheba Medical Center, Coagulation Institute, 52621 Tel Hashomer, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Zhao K, Yang CM, Chen Y, Li J, Tang HL. Progress in understanding effects of positive acceleration on quality of ulcer healing in rats with experimental gastric ulcer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2014; 22:1359-1364. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v22.i10.1359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Injuries associated with high-performance fighter aircrafts and spacecrafts are bringing serious challenges to pilots. Exposure to positive acceleration (+Gz) can increase the incidence and recurrence of peptic ulcer. Recurrence of ulcer is closely related to quality of ulcer healing (QOUH), and improving QOUH is considered to be the third leap of understanding of peptic ulcer and has become a hotspot of aerospace medicine research. In this paper, we review the recent advances in understanding the effects of +Gz exposure on QOUH in rats with experimental gastric ulcer in terms of animal model development, QOUH assessment, and influencing factors for QOUH, with an aim to improve the protection against injuries caused by +Gz exposure, strengthen the pilot's overall ability to resist +Gz, and enhance the safety of flight.
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Lopes MC, da Silva HS, Bittencourt LRA, Chervin RD, Tufik S. Is there a connection between long airplane flight, venous thromboembolism, and sleep-disordered breathing? Sleep Med 2009; 10:385-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 03/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lippi G, Franchini M, Guidi GC. Prohibition of artificial hypoxic environments in sports: health risks rather than ethics. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2008; 32:1206-7; discussion 1208-9. [PMID: 18059596 DOI: 10.1139/h07-088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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There is actual debate on a recent position of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has cautiously refrained from banning hypoxic tents and intends to monitor their health risk. Regardless of teleological and deontological concepts, we highlight that the health risks inherent to the widespread use of these artificial performance-enhancing devices would make them as unsafe as other forms of blood doping.
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- Giuseppe Lippi
- Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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