Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Superficial vein thrombosis · passengers on a long haul flight (more than 4 hours)

Compression stockings showed no clear difference in superficial vein thrombosis compared with no compression stockings (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Compression stockings for preventing deep vein thrombosis in airline passengers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.45 [0.18, 1.13]
8 studies · 1804 participants
Moderate