Beyond pulmonary embolism: Alternative diagnosis and incidental findings on CT pulmonary angiography in sickle cell disease
ConclusionThis study underscores the limited additional diagnostic yield of CTPA for identifying alternative diagnoses to PE in SCD patients, with the majority of diagnoses, such as pneumonia, already suggested by chest radiographs. The frequent incidental findings, most of which necessitate further evaluation, highlight the need for a cautious and tailored approach to using CTPA in the SCD population. (Source: Emergency Radiology)
Source: Emergency Radiology - April 15, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Pneumothorax during manned chamber operations: A summary of reported cases
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):29-35.ABSTRACTIn-chamber pneumothorax has complicated medically remote professional diving operations, submarine escape training, management of decompression illness, and hospital-based provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Attempts to avoid thoracotomy by combination of high oxygen partial pressure breathing (the concept of inherent unsaturation) and greatly slowed rates of chamber decompression proved successful on several occasions. When this delicate balance designed to prevent the intrapleural gas volume from expanding faster than it contracts proved futile, chest drains...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Richard E Clarke Keith Van Meter Source Type: research
Arterial Gas Embolism in Breath-Hold Diver
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):93-95.ABSTRACTAn arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a potentially fatal complication of scuba diving that is related to insufficient exhalation during ascent. During breath-hold diving, an arterial gas embolism is unlikely because the volume of gas in the lungs generally cannot exceed the volume at the beginning of the dive. However, if a diver breathes from a gas source at any time during the dive, they are at risk for an AGE or other pulmonary overinflation syndromes (POIS). In this case report, a breath-hold diver suffered a suspected AGE due to rapidly ascending without exhalat...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Ryan A Gall Rahman R Rahimi Source Type: research
Arterial Gas Embolism in Breath-Hold Diver
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):93-95.ABSTRACTAn arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a potentially fatal complication of scuba diving that is related to insufficient exhalation during ascent. During breath-hold diving, an arterial gas embolism is unlikely because the volume of gas in the lungs generally cannot exceed the volume at the beginning of the dive. However, if a diver breathes from a gas source at any time during the dive, they are at risk for an AGE or other pulmonary overinflation syndromes (POIS). In this case report, a breath-hold diver suffered a suspected AGE due to rapidly ascending without exhalat...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Ryan A Gall Rahman R Rahimi Source Type: research
Arterial Gas Embolism in Breath-Hold Diver
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):93-95.ABSTRACTAn arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a potentially fatal complication of scuba diving that is related to insufficient exhalation during ascent. During breath-hold diving, an arterial gas embolism is unlikely because the volume of gas in the lungs generally cannot exceed the volume at the beginning of the dive. However, if a diver breathes from a gas source at any time during the dive, they are at risk for an AGE or other pulmonary overinflation syndromes (POIS). In this case report, a breath-hold diver suffered a suspected AGE due to rapidly ascending without exhalat...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Ryan A Gall Rahman R Rahimi Source Type: research
Arterial Gas Embolism in Breath-Hold Diver
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):93-95.ABSTRACTAn arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a potentially fatal complication of scuba diving that is related to insufficient exhalation during ascent. During breath-hold diving, an arterial gas embolism is unlikely because the volume of gas in the lungs generally cannot exceed the volume at the beginning of the dive. However, if a diver breathes from a gas source at any time during the dive, they are at risk for an AGE or other pulmonary overinflation syndromes (POIS). In this case report, a breath-hold diver suffered a suspected AGE due to rapidly ascending without exhalat...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Ryan A Gall Rahman R Rahimi Source Type: research
Pneumothorax during manned chamber operations: A summary of reported cases
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2024 First Quarter;51(1):29-35.ABSTRACTIn-chamber pneumothorax has complicated medically remote professional diving operations, submarine escape training, management of decompression illness, and hospital-based provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Attempts to avoid thoracotomy by combination of high oxygen partial pressure breathing (the concept of inherent unsaturation) and greatly slowed rates of chamber decompression proved successful on several occasions. When this delicate balance designed to prevent the intrapleural gas volume from expanding faster than it contracts proved futile, chest drains...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - April 14, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Richard E Clarke Keith Van Meter Source Type: research
