Pre-travel Health Advice for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Travel counsellors and travel health advice.

BACKGROUND Travel Counsellors may be a source of health advice to travellers and might influence travellers' decisions to seek consultation from health professionals. We examined the travel health advice that Alberta travel counsellors currently provide their clients and assessed their health knowledge and practices. METHODS Cross-sectional postal survey of travel counsellors who book interna...

Preparing patients for travel to high altitude: advice on travel health and chemoprophylaxis.

British Journal of General Practice, January 2016 e62 INTRODUCTION Travel to altitudes above 2500 m is a popular recreational activity that presents a potential risk of high-altitude illness. Acute mountain sickness (AMS), for example, affects up to three-quarters of trekkers attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, East Africa (5895 m). GPs should be able to provide practical advice ...

Improving the evidence base for pre-travel advice: the importance of surveillance of travel-associated infection.

WHY IS SURVEILLANCE OF TRAVEL-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IMPORTANT? Foreign travel by UK residents is increasing, especially to destinations with more tropical climates that are often lowincome countries with a high burden of infectious diseases. In 2003, 61.4 million visits abroad were made by UK residents; this is greater than the estimated UK population for that year and nearly three times the num...

Travel health advice for animal bites and rabies.