Case Study Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc 2017

Elimination of CT-detected gas bubbles derived from decompression illness with abdominal symptoms after a short hyperbaric oxygen treatment in a monoplace chamber: a case report.

Oyaizu T, Enomoto M, Tsujimoto T, Kojima Y, Okawa A, Yagishita K — Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc, 2017

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported on a 54-year-old compressed-air worker who developed decompression illness with gas bubbles detected by CT and was treated with hyperbaric oxygen.

What They Found

A 54-year-old worker developed severe abdominal pain and gas bubbles in multiple veins after working at 17 meters for 3 hours. After an initial 150-minute hyperbaric oxygen treatment, CT scans showed no bubbles, and the patient fully recovered by Day 7 after two additional treatment sessions.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it is a case report from Japan.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, the findings 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	28777907
Year Published	2017
Journal	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc
MeSH Terms	Abdominal Pain; Decompression Sickness; Embolism, Air; Femoral Vein; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases; Portal Vein; Pulmonary Artery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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