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| Title: | Air embolism with bilateral pneumothorax after a five-meter dive |
| Authors: | Friehs, I
Friehs, GM
Friehs, GB |
| Keywords: | ear
hyperbaric
barotrauma
AGE
air
emergency ascent
pneumomediastinum
pneumothorax
case report |
| Issue Date: | 1993 |
| Abstract: | After an emergency ascent from very shallow depth, a diver suffered a triad of symptoms after bilateral barotrauma of the lungs: air embolism with subsequent paraparesis, pneumomediastinum, and bilateral pneumothorax. This is the first case of its kind in 20 yr of experience in the hyperbaric center at Graz. The patient was successfully treated by recompression with HBO. |
| Description: | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. (http://www.uhms.org ) |
| URI: | PMID: 8329942
http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2129 |
| Appears in Collections: | Undesignated Accident and Fatality Reports
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal
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