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Patent Foramen Ovale—A Not So Innocuous Septal Atrial Defect in Adults

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital atrial septal defect with an incidence of 15–35% in the adult population. The development of the interatrial septum is a process that begins in the fourth gestational week and is completed only after ...
Veronica Romano, Carlo Maria Gallinoro, Rosita Mottola, Alessandro Serio, Franca Di Meglio, Clotilde Castaldo, Felice Sirico, Daria Nurzynska   +7 more
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Livedo Racemosa – The Pathophysiology of Decompression-Associated Cutis Marmorata and Right/Left Shunt

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism, collectively known as decompression illness (DCI), are serious medical conditions that can result from compressed gas diving. DCI can present with a wide range of physiologic and neurologic symptoms.
Frank Hartig, Norbert Reider, Martin Sojer, Alexander Hammer, Thomas Ploner, Claus-Martin Muth, Herbert Tilg, Andrea Köhler   +7 more
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Extravascular Hydrophobic Surfaces, Fat Droplets, and the Connection With Decompression Illness: Spinal, Joint Pain, and Dysbaric Osteonecrosis [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2018
Ran Arieli, Ran Arieli
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S2k guideline for diving accidents

GMS German Medical Science, 2023
For the purposes of this guideline, a diving accident is defined as an event that is either potentially life-threatening or hazardous to health as a result of a reduction in ambient pressure while diving or in other hyperbaric atmospheres with and ...
Jüttner, Björn, Wölfel, Christian, Camponovo, Claudio, Schöppenthau, Holger, Meyne, Johannes, Wohlrab, Carmen, Werr, Henning, Klein, Till, Schmeißer, Giso, Theiß, Karsten, Wolf, Philipp, Müller, Oliver, Janisch, Thorsten, Naser, Johannes, Blödt, Susanne, Muche-Borowski, Cathleen   +15 more
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Abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients: a retrospective study [PDF]

, 2010
Background. The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) refers to organ dysfunction that may occur as a result of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Successful management may require abdominal decompression and temporary abdominal closure (TAC).
Ceelen, Wim, De laet, Inneke, De Waele, Jan, Desender, Liesbeth, Hoste, Eric, Pattyn, Piet   +5 more
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Complete Recovery of an Iatrogenic Venous Gaseous Embolism (VGE) Clinical Presentation Thanks to a Timely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Treatment

Oxygen, 2022
Gas embolism is a potentially fatal occurrence in which bubbles are introduced into the arterial/venous circulation. A multifocal ischemia could be the life-threatening scenario of that and occurring after diving-related activities, or pulmonary ...
Vincenzo Zanon, Silvia Magri, Giulia Bonera, Enrico Camporesi   +3 more
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Dysbarism: An Overview of an Unusual Medical Emergency

Medicina, 2022
Dysbarism is a general term which includes the signs and symptoms that can manifest when the body is subject to an increase or a decrease in the atmospheric pressure which occurs either at a rate or duration exceeding the capacity of the body to adapt ...
Gabriele Savioli, Claudia Alfano, Christian Zanza, Gaia Bavestrello Piccini, Angelica Varesi, Ciro Esposito, Giovanni Ricevuti, Iride Francesca Ceresa   +7 more
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How to deal with an open abdomen? [PDF]

, 2015
Appropriate open abdomen treatment is one of the key elements in the management of patients who require decompressive laparotomy or in whom the abdomen is left open prophylactically.
Bjorck, Martin, De Waele, Jan, Kaplan, Mark, Sibaja, Pablo, Sugrue, Michael   +4 more
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Cranial neuralgias: from physiopathology to pharmacological treatment [PDF]

, 2008
Cranial neuralgias are paroxysmal painful disorders of the head characterised by some shared features such as unilaterality of symptoms, transience and recurrence of attacks, superficial and "shock-like" quality of pain and the presence of triggering ...
BILO, LEONILDA, BONAVITA, VINCENZO, DE SIMONE, ROBERTO, FIORILLO, CLARA, Ranieri A   +4 more
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Machine learning-based clustering in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients to identify heterogeneous clinical characteristics

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundAnterior cervical decompression and fusion can effectively treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Accurately classifying patients with CSM who have undergone anterior cervical decompression and fusion is the premise of precision medicine.
Chenxing Zhou, ShengSheng Huang, Tuo Liang, Jie Jiang, Jiarui Chen, Tianyou Chen, Liyi Chen, Xuhua Sun, Jichong Zhu, Shaofeng Wu, Zhen Ye, Hao Guo, Wenkang Chen, Chong Liu, Xinli Zhan   +14 more
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