Central Hypoventilation: A Case Study of Issues Associated with Travel Medicine and Respiratory Infection

Hon, Kam Lun; Leung, Alexander K. C.; Li, Albert M. C.; Ng, Daniel K. K.

In this day and age, international travel is made possible even for patients who need ventilatory support. Prior to a long-haul air travel, parents should negotiate with airline to detail the transport and inflight plans [8, 11, 12] . The following part gives 4 website addresses of checklists for commercial air-travel preparation for ventilated children. In our case of CCHS with specific needs for ventilatory support, the patient, family, and the airline collaborated well. In general, the patient's usual emergency medication such as inhaled salbutamol should be readily accompanying the patient. Additional space is required to station the ventilator, air compressor, and monitor. An international travel insurance policy is mandatory in this age of unexpected and unavoidable disasters [8] .