Undersea Hyperbar M
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Undersea Hyperbar M · May 2007
Practice GuidelineThe SANDHOG criteria and its validation for the diagnosis of DCS arising from bounce diving.
A three-point scale, the SANDHOG (SAN Diego Diving and Hyperbaric Organizations) criteria, was developed to diagnose DCS (decompression sickness), and then it was validated against a known database of diving related injuries. ⋯ The specificity of the SANDHOG criteria is good, and demonstrates that the SANDHOG criteria are a useful tool for the diagnosis of DCS.
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While carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is common in the USA, its incidence is uncertain. Fatal poisonings are counted with relative accuracy from death certificate data, but estimates of the more common nonfatal poisonings are either old or limited. This study was performed to estimate the number of emergency department (ED) visits annually in the USA for carbon monoxide poisoning. ⋯ There are approximately 50,000 ED visits for CO poisoning in the USA annually, 3-5 times the numbers previously estimated. As this disease can result in significant long-term morbidity even when treated, enhanced prevention efforts are warranted.