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Health issues and medical emergencies in space

Gesundheitsprobleme und medizinische Notfälle im Weltraum

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  1. CEMA, School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. InnovaSpace, London, UK

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Professor Thais Russomano is a Brazilian aerospace physician. She studied medicine at the University of Pelotas, completed her Masters in Aerospace Medicine at Wright State University, and received her PhD in Space Medicine at King’s College London.

We would like to thank Professor Thais Russomano for writing this guest commentary on emergency medicine in space and for organizing the special issue in Notfall + Rettungsmedizin.

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Russomano, T. Health issues and medical emergencies in space. Notfall Rettungsmed 26, 187–188 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-022-01111-y

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