Scuba diving and hyperbaric medicine
Pugin, D.; Berney, J.-Y.
Revue Medicale Suisse 5(213): 1610-1614
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 19754012 Document Number: 14831
Scuba diving is widely practiced in Switzerland. Although rare, decompression sickness may be serious and require specialized treatment. Hyperbaric therapy has been used for a long time with beneficial effects on decompression sickness and gaseous embolism. Conversely, barotrauma does not require recompressive therapy.
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