Decompression Sickness - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Neurological symptoms after a provocative dive: spinal DCS or anterior spinal artery syndrome?

29 Sep 2009 Reported here is a 37-yr-old professional diving instructor who had developed complaints of back pain and weakness in the lower extremities after diving. He was eventually diagnosed as having spinal cord decompression sickness along with a likely ... Read more...

[Scuba diving and hyperbaric medicine]

17 Aug 2009 Scuba diving is widely practiced in Switzerland. Although rare, decompression sickness may be serious and require specialized treatment. Hyperbaric therapy has been used for a long time with beneficial effects on decompression sickness and gaseous ... Read more...

Decompression sickness rates for chamber personnel: case series from one facility.

30 May 2009 During 2004, a case series of decompression sickness (DCS) meeting the definition of epidemic DCS was observed in the Shaw AFB Physiological Training Program. There were 10 cases of chamber-induced altitude DCS observed. Internal and external ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Decompression Sickness - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neurological symptoms after a provocative dive: spinal DCS or anterior spinal artery syndrome? 29 Sep 2009
• [Scuba diving and hyperbaric medicine] 17 Aug 2009
• Decompression sickness rates for chamber personnel: case series from one facility. 30 May 2009
• Risk of neurological decompression sickness in the diver with a right-to-left shunt: literature review and meta-analysis. 29 Apr 2009
• Sponge divers of the Aegean and medical consequences of risky compressed-air dive profiles. 30 Mar 2009
• Pulmonary barotrauma in divers during emergency free ascent training: review of 124 cases. 30 Mar 2009
• Relation between right-to-left shunts and spinal cord decompression sickness in divers. 2 Sep 2008
• Decompression illness diagnosis and decompression study design. 30 Jul 2008
• [Otorhinolaryngologic disorders in association with scuba diving] 29 Apr 2008
• Neurologic injuries from scuba diving. 30 Jan 2008
• [Auditory threshold in professional divers not exposed to noise] 30 Jan 2008
• Decompression illness reported in a survey of 429 recreational divers. 30 Jan 2008
• A methodology for identifying human error in U.S. Navy diving accidents. 30 Mar 2007
• The nontechnical causes of diving accidents: can U.S. Navy divers learn from other industries? 30 Dec 2006
• [Decompression sickness in Darwin's kingdom] 12 Dec 2006
• A latent class model to assess error rates in diagnosis of altitude decompression sickness. 30 Jul 2006
• Nitrogen load in rats exposed to 8 ATA from 10-35 degrees C does not influence decompression sickness risk. 30 Jul 2006
• Age associated risks of recreational scuba diving. 29 Apr 2006
• Proposing short-term observation units for the management of decompression illness. 27 Feb 2006
• Decompression sickness during simulated EVA. 29 Nov 2005

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Technical information about 'Decompression Sickness'

Definition: A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.

Descriptor UI: D003665

Alternative terms: Decompression Sickness; Sickness, Decompression; Caisson Disease; Caisson Diseases; Disease, Caisson; Diseases, Caisson; Bends;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.120.248;