| Cerebral arterial gas embolism with delayed treatment and a fatal outcome in a 14-year-old diver. | |
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PMID: 21560983 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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In today's recreational diving climate, diving fitness examinations are not mandatory, and even divers who go for these examinations may not have routine chest X-rays (CXR) done in the absence of respiratory symptoms or a past history of respiratory problems. We present a case of an ultimately fatal cerebral arterial gas embolism in a 14-year-old boy with an undiagnosed lung cyst, the contribution of which to his death is uncertain. Various factors such as lack of oxygen first aid at the remote dive site; poor communication; lack of diving medicine expertise, poor oxygen administration and management in a local hospital and long delay to recompression therapy contributed to the poor outcome. It is imperative that dive operators and physicians working in close proximity to popular dive sites be educated on how to recognise and treat diving emergencies and be well-acquainted, as should divers, with the contact numbers of diving medical hotlines that offer timely and appropriate advice in case of emergency. |
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John Lippmann; Andrew Fock; Shalini Arulanandam |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Diving and hyperbaric medicine : the journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Volume: 41 ISSN: 1833-3516 ISO Abbreviation: Diving Hyperb Med Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-05-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101282742 Medline TA: Diving Hyperb Med Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 31-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Divers Alert Network Asia-Pacific. johnl@danasiapacific.org |
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