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

Observed decompression sickness and venous bubbles following 18-msw dive profiles using RN Table 11.

Blogg SL, Møllerløkken A, Gennser M — Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc, 2017

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers retrospectively analyzed data from seven studies involving 220 man-dives using an 18-msw air dive profile from Royal Navy Table 11 to assess post-dive venous bubbles and decompression sickness.

What They Found

Bubble measurements from 219 dives showed an overall median grade of KM/EB 0.5 and a median maximum grade of KM/EB 2. Two cases of transient shoulder discomfort (0.9%) were observed, and one neurological decompression sickness case occurred, for which no bubble data was available. The observed decompression sickness risk for this dive profile was lower than predicted by models and expected from other large datasets.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was not conducted in Canada, nor did it involve Canadian participants or specific Canadian diving tables.

Study Limitations

A key limitation is the retrospective nature of the analysis, and that bubble measurements were unavailable for the single neurological decompression sickness case.

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Study Details

Study Type Retrospective Study
Category Neurological
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 28779578
Year Published 2017
Journal Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc
MeSH Terms Adult; Decompression Sickness; Diving; Embolism, Air; Female; High Pressure Neurological Syndrome; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Norway; Reference Values; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Seawater; Shoulder

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