The use of drugs by UK recreational divers: prescribed and over-the-counter medications.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:During a hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) session, every medical device that is used within the hyperbaric chamber is exposed to several hazards, including an increased ambient pressure and partial pressure of oxygen. In Europe, all medical devices marketed and/or sold for use in hyperbaric conditions must...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Kot J,Siondalski P,Lenkiewicz E

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Decompression illness (DCI) is a syndrome with diverse clinical manifestations but in which cardiac symptoms are rare. In the presence of cardiac symptoms, the necessity to rule out an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) which requires prompt treatment may result in delay to appropriate recompression treatment. We describe ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Brauzzi M,Andreozzi F,De Fina L,Tanasi P,Falini S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firstly I would like to thank SPUMS members for making me a Life Member of SPUMS; I was surprised and greatly honoured by the award. I also want to confirm and expand on the findings on carbon dioxide absorbents reported by David Harvey et al. For about 35 years, I was the main player in deciding which absorbent went ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Pennefather J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divers are exposed to circulatory stress that directly affects the endothelial lining of blood vessels, and even asymptomatic dives are associated with inflammatory responses, microparticle release and endothelial dysfunction. As humans age, there is a relative increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease, attribute...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Berenji Ardestani S,Buzzacott P,Eftedal I

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly common for recreational scuba divers to use breathing mixtures enriched with additional oxygen ('nitrox' or 'enriched air nitrogen') and for technical divers to be exposed to elevated partial pressures of oxygen for prolonged periods of time. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oxyge...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Fock A,Millar I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recreational scuba diving is a popular leisure activity with the number of divers reaching several millions worldwide. Scuba diving represents a huge challenge for integrative physiology. In mammalian evolution, physiological reflexes developed to deal with lack of oxygen, rather than with an excess, which makes adapt...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Winklewski PJ,Kot J,Frydrychowski AF,Nuckowska MK,Tkachenko Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:When a standard water-seal pleural drain unit (PDU) is used under hyperbaric conditions there are scenarios where excessive negative intrapleural pressure (IPP) and/or fluid reflux can be induced, risking significant morbidity. We developed and tested a pleural vacuum relief (PVR) device which automaticall...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Gelsomino M,Tsouras T,Millar I,Fock A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are presented of divers suffering epileptic seizure and loss of consciousness as a result of probable cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE). Both cases had apparently problem-free dives with no obvious provocation for CAGE, though one case may have been having repeated embolisms for some time in their diving...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Wilson CM,Sayer MDj

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated in a prospective, observational trial the feasibility of using the Eustachian tube function test (ETFT) to measure the effect of repetitive pressure exposure during open seawater dives on Eustachian tube function. METHODS:The study included 28 adult divers during six consecutive days of di...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Meyer MF,Boor M,Jansen S,Pracht ED,Felsch M,Klünter HD,Hüttenbrink KB,Beutner D,Grosheva M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Severe decompression sickness (DCS) is a multi-organ injury. This study investigated the preventive effects of rosiglitazone on liver injury following rapid decompression in mice and examined the underlying mechanisms. METHODS:Mice were randomly divided into four groups: a control group, vehicle gr...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Peng B,Chen MM,Jiang ZL,Li X,Wang GH,Xu LH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Scuba diving is a big part of the tourism sector in Malta, and all the cases of decompression illness (DCI)are treated within the single hyperbaric referral centre in the country. METHODS:This retrospective analysis reviews all the medical records of divers with DCI in Malta within the 30-year period betw...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Azzopardi CP,Caruana J,Matity L,Muscat S,Meintjes WAJ

更新日期：2019-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas micronuclei are gas-filled voids in liquids from which bubbles can form at low gas supersaturation. If water is depleted of gas micronuclei, high gas supersaturation is required for bubble formation. This high gas supersaturation is required in part to overcome the Laplace pressure at the point of transition from ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Doolette DJ

更新日期：2019-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Livedoid vasculopathy is a painful, ulcerating condition of the lower legs, ankles and feet with the typical histological feature of hyalinising vascular change of dermal blood vessels with minimal inflammation. Therapeutic interventions have been diverse and varyingly successful. We report a biopsy-proven case in a 2...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Banham ND

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial or occupational breath-hold (BH) harvest divers along the coast and islands of Japan are collectively called Ama divers. Repetitive BH diving by Ama divers may place them at risk of developing neurological decompression sickness (DCS). We report a 74-year-old Ama diver who demonstrated right hemiparesis dur...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Yanagawa Y,Omori K,Takeuchi I,Jitsuiki K,Ohsaka H,Ishikawa K

更新日期：2018-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:After a maximal apnoea, breath-hold divers must restore O2 levels and clear CO2 and lactic acid produced. High intensity interval training (HIIT) and inspiratory muscle training (IMT) could be employed with the aim of increasing recovery capacity. This study aimed to evaluate the relative effects of IMT ve...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： de Asís-Fernández F,Del Corral T,López-de-Uralde-Villanueva I

更新日期：2020-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Vomiting and aspiration of gastric contents into the airways and lungs is a common and well-known clinicopathological entity. This phenomenon might also occur in underwater diving, where it can lead to life-threatening or fatal situations. This article presents two incidents involving diving-related vomiting with asso...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Novomeský F,Janík M,Hájek M,Krajčovič J,Straka L

更新日期：2018-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both negative wound pressure therapy (NPWT) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) are useful modalities in the treatment of problem wounds. However, none of the commercially available portable negative-pressure devices have been certified safe for use in a recompression chamber. Thus, the NPWT device is remov...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Chong SJ,Kwan TM,Weihao L,Joang KS,Rick SC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transcutaneous oximetry measurement (TCOM) is a non-invasive method of determining oxygen tension at the skin level using heated electrodes. AIM:To compare TCOM values generated by different machines and to establish lower limb TCOM values in a cohort of healthy individuals younger than 40 years of age. ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Trinks TP,Blake DF,Young DA,Thistlethwaite K,Vangaveti VN

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divers suspected of suffering decompression illness (DCI) in locations remote from a recompression chamber are sometimes treated with in-water recompression (IWR). There are no data that establish the benefits of IWR compared to conventional first aid with surface oxygen and transport to the nearest chamber. However, ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Doolette DJ,Mitchell SJ

更新日期：2018-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 24-year-old gentleman who had pulmonary barotrauma (PBT) after diving is reported. He presented with chest pain after the second of two uneventful shallow SCUBA dives. Computerized tomography (CT) scan confirmed the diagnosis and he was treated conservatively. Relevant radiology and a discussion of PBT are...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Bigeni S,Saliba M

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic life support (BLS) in a diving bell (DB) or deck decompression chamber (DDC) is difficult due to the confined space and limited equipment. Retrieval of the unconscious diver into the DB requires the use of a pulley system. Once inside the bell, space limitations dictate that any resuscitative efforts are attempt...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Acott CJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to hyperoxia is associated with oxidative stress and is known to cause inflammation in the lung and the airways. Exhaled nitric oxide concentration (FENO) is a marker of some inflammatory processes in the lung and airways, and is reduced immediately after a single session of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) exposure. ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Kjelkenes I,Thorsen E

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Scuba diving involves risks, and candidates in Australia usually have a medical evaluation prior to undertaking a diving course. Hyperbaric physicians act as secondary referral practitioners for these assessments. This study aimed to identify reasons for these secondary referrals, and document the assessme...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Min Ong L,Bennett MH,Thomas PS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In-water resuscitation has recently been proposed in the European resuscitation guidelines. Initiation of mechanical ventilation underwater might be considered when an immediate ascent to the surface is impossible or dangerous. The present study evaluated the feasibility of such ventilation underwater. ME...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Winkler BE,Muth CM,Kaehler W,Froeba G,Georgieff M,Koch A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) diving medical for recreational scuba divers was last reviewed in 2011. From 2011 to 2019, considerable advancements have occurred in cardiovascular risk assessment relevant to divers. The SPUMS 48th (2019) Annual Scientific Meeting theme was cardiovascular risk as...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Jepson N,Rienks R,Smart D,Bennett MH,Mitchell SJ,Turner M

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study identified pre-existing medical conditions among scuba diving fatalities in Australia from 2001 to 2013, inclusive, and assessed whether these conditions likely contributed to the deaths. METHODS:The National Coronial Information System (NCIS) was searched for scuba diving-related cases during ...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Lippmann J,Taylor DM

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2009, the United Kingdom diving incident data show an increasing number of fatalities in the over-50s age group. Previous studies also suggest some divers take cardiac medications. Since 2001, diving medicals have not been mandatory for UK sport divers. Instead, an annual medical self-certification for...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： St Leger Dowse M,Waterman MK,Penny CE,Smerdon GR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an emergency, life support can be provided during recompression or hyperbaric oxygen therapy using very basic equipment, provided the equipment is hyperbaric-compatible and the clinicians have appropriate experience. For hyperbaric critical care to be provided safely on a routine basis, however, a great deal of pre...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Millar IL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer and colorectal surgery is the treatment of choice in local disease. Anastomotic leakage following colorectal surgery is a major complication with a high incidence and mortality. Adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) may be associated with reduct...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Brouwer RJ,Engberts AC,Borger van der Burg BL,van Dongen TT,van Hulst RA,Hoencamp R

更新日期：2018-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Divers from many countries travel to explore various diving sites worldwide. In 2005, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) wrote guidelines for recreational diving and diabetes mellitus, but there is no up-to-date consensus or adoption of international guidelines on diabetes and diving. There are also large differences betw...

journal_title：Diving and hyperbaric medicine

authors： Jendle J,Adolfsson P,Ornhagen H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00