• Aviat Space Envir Md · Aug 2000

    Case Reports

    Delayed onset pulmonary barotrauma or decompression sickness? A case report of decompression-related disorder.

    • M Ikeda.
    • JMSDF Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. fvgs7902@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
    • Aviat Space Envir Md. 2000 Aug 1;71(8):849-50.

    AbstractA-24-yr-old male professional diver began to complain of substernal pain 3 h after a controlled ascent from a dive of less than 40 ft of sea water (fsw). The diving master who supervised his dive and the physicians who examined him on presentation suspected pulmonary barotrauma rather than decompression sickness (DCS) because he had only descended to a depth of 32 fsw. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) by U.S. Navy treatment Table VI was implemented because of his progressively worsening pain. HBO was apparently effective and a relapse was not seen. The author cannot label his condition based on the conventional classification categories, such as decompression sickness (DCS), barotrauma or even decompression illness. This case report is offered as a topic for consideration in the controversy over decompression-related disorders.

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