Despite recent advances in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, especially introduction of combined therapy with pegylated interferons with ribavirin, significant number of patients fails to achieve sustained virologic response. Such patients may be...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
May 1, 2003
Two pilots who had experienced vasovagal syncope were grounded by the aeromedical service. Pilot A had experienced three episodes of syncope in medical settings, none during flight. Pilot B had experienced four episodes of syncope in emotional/medica...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Mar 1, 1998
We describe a case of a middle-aged Caucasian pilot who presented to us with a painless left Horner's syndrome due to a focal dissection of the infra-petrous portion of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery. He did not suffer symptoms of cerebral i...