A European code of good practice for hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Review 2022
Diving Hyperb Med. 2023 Dec 20;53(4)(Suppl):1-17. doi: 10.28920/dhm53.4.suppl.1-17.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38092370 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.suppl.1-17 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Jacek Kot Jordi Desola Folke Lind Peter Mueller Erik Jansen Francois Burman - Working Group Source Type: research
Risk assessment of SWEN21 a suggested new dive table for the Swedish armed forces: bubble grades by ultrasonography
CONCLUSIONS: This evaluation of the SWEN21 decompression table, using bubble formation measured with echocardiography, suggests that the risk of DCS may be higher than the projected 1%.PMID:38091588 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.299-305 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Carl Hjelte Oscar Plogmark M årten Silvanius Magnus Ekstr öm Oskar Fr ånberg Source Type: research
Rapture of the deep: gas narcosis may impair decision-making in scuba divers
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that gas narcosis may affect decision-making in scuba divers at 30 metres depth. This supports previous studies showing that gas narcosis is present at relatively shallow depths and shows that it may affect higher cognitive functions.PMID:38091589 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.306-312 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Pauliina A Ahti Jan Wikgren Source Type: research
Full-face snorkel masks increase the incidence of hypoxaemia and hypercapnia during simulated snorkelling compared to conventional snorkels
CONCLUSIONS: Use of FFSMs may result in rebreathing due to non-unidirectional flow, leading to hypercapnia and hypoxaemia.PMID:38091590 | PMC:PMC10735670 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.313-320 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Janneke Grundemann Xavier Ce Vrijdag Nicole Ye Wong Nicholas Gant Simon J Mitchell Hanna van Waart Source Type: research
Measuring whole body inert gas wash-out
CONCLUSIONS: We present a portable device with acceptable precision and accuracy to measure inert gas wash-out differences that may be physiologically relevant in the pathophysiology of decompression sickness.PMID:38091591 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.321-326 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Oscar Plogmark M årten Silvanius Max Olsson Carl Hjelte Magnus Ekstr öm Oskar Fr ånberg Source Type: research
Comparing the EMMA capnograph with sidestream capnography and arterial carbon dioxide pressure at 284 kPa
CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the EMMA capnograph performed equally to the sidestream capnograph when compared directly, and both capnography measures gave clinically acceptable estimates of arterial PCO2.PMID:38091592 | PMC:PMC10735710 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.327-332 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Xavier Ce Vrijdag Hanna van Waart Chris Sames Jamie W Sleigh Simon J Mitchell Source Type: research
Within-diver variability in venous gas emboli (VGE) following repeated dives
CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate large within-diver variability in VGE grades following repeated dives on the same dive profile and suggest there is substantial within-diver variability in susceptibility to DCS. Post-dive VGE grades are not useful for evaluating decompression practice for individual divers.PMID:38091593 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.333-339 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: David J Doolette F Gregory Murphy Source Type: research
Pulmonary oxygen toxicity breath markers after heliox diving to 81 metres
This study examined VOCs after exposures to 81 metres of seawater by three navy divers during operational heliox diving. Univariate testing did not yield significant results. However, targeted multivariate analysis of POT-associated VOCs identified significant (P = 0.004) changes of dodecane, tetradecane, octane, methylcyclohexane, and butyl acetate during the 4 h post-dive sampling period. No airway symptoms or discomfort were reported. This study demonstrates that breath sampling can be performed in the field, and VOCs indicative of oxygen toxicity are exhaled without clinical symptoms of POT, strengthening the belief th...
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Feiko Jm de Jong Paul Brinkman Thijs T Wingelaar Pieter-Jan Am van Ooij Robert A van Hulst Source Type: research
Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during open water scuba certification training whilst practising a controlled emergency swimming ascent
We report the case of a 23-year-old male novice diver who sustained cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during his open water certification training whilst practising a free ascent as part of the course. He developed immediate but transient neurological symptoms that had resolved on arrival to hospital. Radiological imaging of his chest showed small bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum. In view of this he was treated with high flow normobaric oxygen rather than recompression, because of the risk of development of tension pneumothorax upon chamber decompression. There was no relapse of his neu...
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Neil Banham Elisabete da Silva John Lippmann Source Type: research
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment in delayed post-hypoxic encephalopathy following inhalation of liquefied petroleum gas: a case report
We describe a 47-year-old male patient who inhaled gas from a kitchen stove liquid petroleum gas cylinder. He was diagnosed with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy 12 hours after his emergency department admission. He received six sessions of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) and was discharged in a healthy state after six days. Fifteen days later, he experienced weakness, loss of appetite, forgetfulness, depression, balance problems, and inability to perform self-care. One week later, he developed urinary and fecal incontinence and was diagnosed with post-hypoxic encephalopathy. After 45 days from the onset of symptoms, he...
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Kubra Canarslan Demir Burak Turgut Kubra Ozgok Kangal Taylan Zaman Kemal Şimşek Source Type: research
Hypoxic loss of consciousness in air diving: two cases of mixtures made hypoxic by oxidation of the scuba diving cylinder
We report two cases of internal corrosion of a scuba cylinder rendering the respired gas profoundly hypoxic and causing immediate hypoxic loss of consciousness in divers.PMID:38091597 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.356-359 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Arnaud Druelle Lucille Daubresse Jean U Mullot H élène Streit Pierre Louge Source Type: research
University of Auckland Postgraduate Diploma in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
Diving Hyperb Med. 2023 Dec 20;53(4):360. doi: 10.28920/dhm53.4.360.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38091598 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.360 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Michael Davis Source Type: research
A European code of good practice for hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Review 2022
Diving Hyperb Med. 2023 Dec 20;53(4)(Suppl):1-17. doi: 10.28920/dhm53.4.suppl.1-17.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38092370 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.suppl.1-17 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Jacek Kot Jordi Desola Folke Lind Peter Mueller Erik Jansen Francois Burman - Working Group Source Type: research
Risk assessment of SWEN21 a suggested new dive table for the Swedish armed forces: bubble grades by ultrasonography
CONCLUSIONS: This evaluation of the SWEN21 decompression table, using bubble formation measured with echocardiography, suggests that the risk of DCS may be higher than the projected 1%.PMID:38091588 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.299-305 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Carl Hjelte Oscar Plogmark M årten Silvanius Magnus Ekstr öm Oskar Fr ånberg Source Type: research
Rapture of the deep: gas narcosis may impair decision-making in scuba divers
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that gas narcosis may affect decision-making in scuba divers at 30 metres depth. This supports previous studies showing that gas narcosis is present at relatively shallow depths and shows that it may affect higher cognitive functions.PMID:38091589 | DOI:10.28920/dhm53.4.306-312 (Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 13, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Pauliina A Ahti Jan Wikgren Source Type: research
