RT Journal
A1 Hung KC, Chan EY, Cocks RA, Ong RM, Rainer TH, Graham CA
T1 PRedictors of flight diversions and deaths for in-flight medical emergencies in commercial aviation
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2010
FD August 9
VO 170
IS 15
SP 1401
OP 1402
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.267
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.267
AB 
In-flight medical emergencies are clinically challenging and may result in aircraft diversions, which are costly and inconvenient, or in-flight deaths. We provide an updated description of in-flight medical emergencies and systematically examine predictors of medical flight diversions and in-flight deaths.