Abstract
Fifty cases of decompression sickness are reviewed in which recompression treatment was delayed for 12 hours or longer after the onset of dysbaric symptoms. Twenty-four patients (48%) had pain only. The other 26 patients (52%) had more serious decompression sickness; 2 patients may have had air embolisms. Ninety percent of the patients recovered either completely (66%) or substantially (24%) with recompression and associated treatment, although standard recompression protocols had to be lengthened in many of the cases.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2555-2558 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Medical Association |
Volume | 247 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)