Case Study Diving and hyperbaric medicine 2015

Delayed blood-brain barrier disruption after shallow-water diving demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging.

Hadanny A, Tal S, Fishlev G, Bechor Y, Efrati S — Diving and hyperbaric medicine, 2015

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers presented a case report of a 22-year-old diver who developed delayed neurological symptoms and blood-brain barrier disruption after shallow-water diving.

What They Found

A 22-year-old diver presented with headaches and left-sided numbness three days after diving to 6 meters for 25 minutes. MRI revealed significant diffuse meningeal enhancement, indicating blood-brain barrier disruption. After 14 hyperbaric oxygen treatments, the patient experienced complete symptom resolution and normalization of MRI findings.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it is a case report from a non-Canadian institution.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, the findings of this study cannot be generalized to a broader patient population.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Study
Category	Decompression Sickness
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	26165534
Year Published	2015
Journal	Diving and hyperbaric medicine
MeSH Terms	Blood-Brain Barrier; Decompression Sickness; Diving; Headache; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Hypesthesia; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Meninges; Young Adult

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