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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Delayed treatment of dysbarism. A retrospective review of 50 cases. / Kizer, Kenneth W.
In: Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 247, No. 18, 1982, p. 2555-2558.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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