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- Neal W Pollock and Dominique Buteau.
- Department of Kinesiology, Université Laval, PEPS Building, 2300 rue de la Terrasse, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada; Department of Medical Research, Divers Alert Network, 6 West colony place, Durham, NC 27705, USA; CISSS Chaudière-Appalaches (CHAU-Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis), Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Emergency Department, 143 rue Wolfe, Lévis, Quebec G6V 3Z1, Canada. Electronic address: neal.pollock@kin.ulaval.ca.
- Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2017 May 1; 35 (2): 301-319.
AbstractDecompression sickness and arterial gas embolism, collectively known as decompression illness (DCI), are rare but serious afflictions that can result from compressed gas diving exposures. Risk is primarily determined by the pressure-time profile but is influenced by several factors. DCI can present idiosyncratically but with a wide range of neurologic symptoms. Examination is critical for assessment in the absence of diagnostic indicators. Many conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis. High-fraction oxygen breathing provides first aid but definitive treatment of DCI is hyperbaric oxygen.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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