Clinical Study Diving and hyperbaric medicine 2019

Massive portal venous gas embolism after scuba diving.

Siaffa R, Luciani M, Grandjean B, Coulange M — Diving and hyperbaric medicine, 2019

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported a case of severe decompression sickness (DCS) in a 49-year-old man, associated with massive portal and mesenteric venous gas after scuba diving.

What They Found

The 49-year-old man suffered from cutaneous, neurological, and pulmonary symptoms with hypoxemia after two deep dives on the same day. A computed tomography scan showed large quantities of hepatic and portal venous gas, and all symptoms disappeared with hyperbaric oxygen therapy without further complications.

Canadian Relevance

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

Study Limitations

As a single case report, this study's findings have limited generalizability to a broader population of divers with decompression sickness.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	30856669
Year Published	2019
Journal	Diving and hyperbaric medicine
MeSH Terms	Decompression Sickness; Diving; Embolism, Air; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Portal Vein

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