Oregonkiwi
11th March 2007, 01:53 PM
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10428219
... a study to be presented at the annual conference of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand later this month has found prolonged immobility at work is the most common factor shared by DVT patients.
Researchers found one in three people attending an outpatient clinic reported sitting for eight hours or longer before suffering a venous thromboembolism, whereas only one in five had travelled on a long-haul flight.
The worst-affected were managers, IT workers and taxi drivers, according to the research from the Medical Research Institute in Wellington.
I take this to mean that if you're an IT worker making a long haul flight to NZ (as a lot of forum members are), you're at extra risk of DVT.... so be careful to walk around on the plane and all that stuff.:)
For more specific info on preventing DVT:
http://www.flighthealth.org/preventing-dvt.htm
... a study to be presented at the annual conference of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand later this month has found prolonged immobility at work is the most common factor shared by DVT patients.
Researchers found one in three people attending an outpatient clinic reported sitting for eight hours or longer before suffering a venous thromboembolism, whereas only one in five had travelled on a long-haul flight.
The worst-affected were managers, IT workers and taxi drivers, according to the research from the Medical Research Institute in Wellington.
I take this to mean that if you're an IT worker making a long haul flight to NZ (as a lot of forum members are), you're at extra risk of DVT.... so be careful to walk around on the plane and all that stuff.:)
For more specific info on preventing DVT:
http://www.flighthealth.org/preventing-dvt.htm