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Publication AbstractsDelayed Onset Pulmonary Barotrauma or Decompression Sickness? A Case Report of Decompression-Related DisorderMakoto Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D.Aviat Space Environ Med 2000; 71:849-50 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.Keywords: pulmonary barotrauma, decompression sickness, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, decompression related disorder. Information on subscribing, and on obtaining copies of an article or of an entire issue. Table of Contents for Volume 71, Number 8 of the ASME journal.
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