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Updated BTS Recommendations for Managing Passengers with Respiratory Disease Planning Air Travel  

The updated BTS Recommendations for managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel were published in Thorax in September 2011, and can be downloaded here.

The associated Thorax editorial is available here

Patient information is available here.

Readers may wish to consult the original 2002/2004 documents for background information, some of which has been omitted from the latest guidance in order to keep this to a reasonable length.
 

Managing Passengers with Respiratory Disease Planning Air Travel  revised Recommendations - SUPERCEDED

Download the revised 2004 recommendations here

Managing Passengers with Respiratory Disease Planning Air Travel
British Thoracic Society Recommendations 2004 Summary for Primary Care

Download Recommendations here