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[What is the Best Therapeutic Strategy for Decompression Illness? First Aid Oxygen Inhalation and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy].

open access: goldJournal of UOEH, 2021
Decompression illness (DCI), a syndrome following inadequate reduction in environmental pressure, has two forms: decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism after pulmonary barotrauma.
K. Kohshi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Acute ophthalmic artery occlusion in decompression illness with underlying anterior cerebral artery A1 segment hypoplasia. [PDF]

open access: yesDiving Hyperb Med, 2018
A diver presented with total loss of vision in the left eye and right hemiparesis following a routine no-stop scuba dive to 20 metres' depth. A diagnosis of decompression illness (DCI) with acute ophthalmic artery air embolism and left carotid artery ...
Omar AR, Ibrahim M, Hussein A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Decompression illness: clinical aspects of 5278 consecutive cases treated in a single hyperbaric unit. [PDF]

open access: goldPLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundDecompression illness (DCI) is a major concern in pressure-related activities. Due to its specific prerequisite conditions, DCI is rare in comparison with other illnesses and most physicians are inexperienced in treatment.
Wenbing Xu   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Acute kidney injury due to decompression illness. [PDF]

open access: yesClin Kidney J, 2014
Decompression illness is a rare but serious complication of diving caused by intravascular or extravascular gas bubble formation. We report the first case of acute kidney injury in a 27-year-old diver following three rapid ascents. He presented with transient neurological symptoms and abdominal pain followed by rapidly progressive acute kidney injury ...
Viecelli A   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Decompression illness type II with stroke: challenging situation in acute neurorehabilitation.

open access: diamondInternational Maritime Health, 2020
A professional 55-year-old female experienced diver, who surfaced after the second dive, had a lucid interval before dropping Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to 3/15. She was admitted to intensive care unit and commenced on hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
H. Uppal, Uditha Jayatunga
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Decompression Illness with Extensive Gas Bubble Formation

open access: hybridInternal Medicine, 2013
A 32-year-old man presented with unconsciousness after diving. He had surfaced from a 50-meter depth of water within 10 minutes and his consciousness later became disturbed. On arrival, an examination revealed the cutaneous finding of livedo reticularis (Picture 1) and hyperhemoglobinemia (Hb: 21.8 g/dL).
Wei Cheng Wen   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Symmetrical femoral vein bubble caused by decompression illness: Figure 1 [PDF]

open access: hybridEmergency Medicine Journal, 2012
A 76-year-old man was admitted to a nearby hospital for paralysis of the lower half of the body after a diving accident. Decompression illness was suspected, and he was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). However, he immediately developed convulsions; therefore, HBOT was discontinued and …
Ichiro Kukita   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2013
Dysbaric accidents are usually referred to compressed air-supplied diving. Nonetheless, some cases of decompression illness are known to have occurred among breath-hold (BH) divers also, and they are reported in the medical literature.
Andrea Cortegiani   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Analysis of patients with decompression illness transported via physician-staffed emergency helicopters

open access: yesJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2015
Context: There have been few reports investigating the effects of air transportation on patients with decompression illness (DCI). Aims: To investigate the influence of air transportation on patients with DCI transported via physician-staffed emergency ...
Yasumasa Oode   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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