Aerospace medicine and human performanceHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesBarotraumaAltitude
Cabin Altitude and Barotraumatic Otitis in Commercial Aircrew.
Pietro Scaramuzzo, Marie-Andrée Comesse, Michel Klerlein
Published: 202610.3357/AMHP.6778.2026
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Whether the lower cabin pressure altitude used by modern long-haul aircraft shortens recovery after barotraumatic otitis (BO) remains uncertain. We assessed the association between cabin altitude [6000 ft (≈1829 m) vs. 8000 ft (≈2438 m)…
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