Results 21 to 30 of about 5,294 (202)

Complete Resolution of Severe Decompression Sickness in a Diver Following Oxygen Therapy: A Case Report

open access: diamondArchives of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Decompression sickness (DCS) is a rare but serious risk for divers, characterized by the formation of inert gas bubbles in the bloodstream and tissues due to rapid decompression.
Dominikus Evano Putra   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Risk Related Incorrect Decompression, Stage Ascent Procedures with the Use of Decompression Tables as a type of Preventive Actions Against the Effects of Decompression

open access: yesScientific Journal of Gdynia Maritime University, 2023
The article presents what decompression is, how to perform it correctly using dive ascent tables, and the typical symptoms of decompression sickness.
Katarzyna Mielniczek   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors of decompression sickness in scuba diving

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
BackgroundRecreational diving with aqualung can be called an extreme sport because the divers are exposed to physical and psychological risks. A serious danger in diving is the very exposure to a change in pressure underwater, which every diver must deal
Oliwia Pińkowska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brain multi-infarct and decompression sickness [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2018
Scuba diving is associated with an important risk of devel­oping decompression sickness secondary to formation of gas bubbles inside the body. The latter is formed mainly by nitrogen in the body on the diver’s way to the surface (1,2).
Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decompression Sickness with Simultaneous Cranial and Spinal Involvement: A Case Report

open access: yesTürk Nöroloji Dergisi, 2021
Decompression sickness (DCS) causes venous and arterial embolization, resulting from decreased nitrogen solubility in the blood and tissues due to the rapid drop in external pressure, when rising to the surface after deep underwater dives.
Yaprak Özüm Ünsal Bilgin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Newer Hand-Held Ultrasound Devices for Post-Dive Venous gas Emboli Quantification to Standard Echocardiography

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2022
Decompression sickness (DCS) can result from the growth of bubbles in tissues and blood during or after a reduction in ambient pressure, for example in scuba divers, compressed air workers or astronauts.
Kamellia Karimpour   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy