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Decompression illness type II with stroke: challenging situation in acute neurorehabilitation
International 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.
Harleen Uppal, Uditha Jayatunga
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Cardiac arrest during a diving session: A case report and differential diagnosis
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We report a case of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest occurred in a 61‐year‐old recreational female diver. After resuscitation, the patient was referred to the hospital.
Mariachiara Ippolito +9 more
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Effects of different simulated submarine escape depths by free ascent in animal models
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Objective: If a damaged submarine cannot be rescued in time, it is necessary to carry out a submarine escape by free ascent. Decompression illness is the greatest threat to the safety of submariners.
Xiao Chen Bao +4 more
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Recompression and adjunctive therapy for decompression illness [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005 Decompression illness (DCI) is due to bubble formation in the blood or tissues following the breathing of compressed gas. Clinically, DCI may range from a trivial illness to loss of consciousness, death or paralysis. Recompression is the universally accepted standard for the treatment of DCI.
Jan P Lehm +3 more
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Decompression illness - critical review
Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2015 Decompression illness is caused by intravascular or extravascular bubbles that are formed as a result of reduction in environmental pressure (decompression).
C S Mohanty +3 more
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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 +3 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 +5 more
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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 +7 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 +7 more
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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 +15 more
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