economy class syndrome

Though the condition is sometimes called economy class syndrome, it isn't restricted to the air travelers with the least legroom.

Traveller's thrombosis, sometimes nicknamed "Economy class syndrome"

It has been variously called "coach class thrombosis" or "economy class syndrome," because confinement in narrow coach seats limits opportunities for protective movement.

Economy Class Syndrome (ECS)

Some people can develop clots from sitting or lying still for too long, even from sitting in cramped airplane seats on long flights - hence the name "economy class syndrome."

After Ms. Christoffersen died Sept. 28, many news reports spoke of "economy class syndrome," a phrase used in 1988 in the British medical journal The Lancet.

"It has also been referred to as 'economy class syndrome,' " the site says, adding: "This is misleading, because individuals seated in theaters, cars, trucks, buses etc. may all be at risk."

They designated the problem the economy class syndrome, but it could also be called the turnpike syndrome, because anyone who sits still in one position for a long time could be the victim.

Deep-vein thrombosis - or, as it has come to be known, economy class syndrome - occurs when a thrombus, or blood clot, forms in the deep veins of the legs after a long period of immobility.

Antiphospholipid syndrome accounts for about one in five DVTs and may be to blame in some cases of economy class syndrome, leading to the deaths of young people travelling on long-haul flights.

Deep-vein thrombosis, caused by physical immobility that can create a potentially fatal blood clot, is sometimes referred to as "economy class syndrome" when applied to air travel, an allusion to tight seating in economy class.

The three-judge panel dismissed an appeal brought by 24 people against a High Court decision that the condition sometimes referred to as "economy class syndrome" was not an accident under the terms of the 1929 Warsaw Convention governing air travel.

The death of a Qantas passenger of thrombosis - blood clots that migrate to the heart or lungs - last fall upon landing at Heathrow Airport, London, created a stir about "traveler's thrombosis," which has also been called "economy class syndrome."