Yasir Khan: Travel Related Blood Clots – What Are the Chances?
Yasir Khan, Consultant General Physician at Australian Medical Specialists, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Travel related blood clots: what are the chances?
Long distance travel, either by land or air confers a small increased risk of venous thromboembolism.
The rates are higher in those who travel more than 4 hours and is greatest in the first two weeks after travel and is usually in combination with other factors.
In one meta-analysis of 14 studies, the pooled risk for VTE in travelers, compared with nontravelers, was 2.8 (95%CI 2.2-3.7).
Subsequently the risk decreases significantly and is overtaken by pre-existing factors such as pregnancy, advanced age, oral contraceptive use, obesity, hereditary thrombophilia etc.”
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