Case Report: Internal carotid artery dissection in stroke from scuba diving
Gibbs JW, Piantadosi CA, Massey EW UHMS 2002;29:3:167-171 Although diving with compressed air is generally safe, neurological problems resulting from infarction in SCUBA diving are well known, including arterial gas embolism and decompression sickness involving the brain and spinal cord. While air gas embolism forms the overwhelming majority of causes for stroke in divers, internal carotid artery dissection is another potential...
Environmental stress on diving-induced platelet activation
UHMS 2001:28(4)207-211 Platelet activation has been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of prethrombotic states and thus may be responsible for decompression illness during compressed air (scuba) diving. To investigate the physical, mental, and environmental stress on platelet activation during immersion in ice-cold water, we examined 10 male breath-hold divers (BHD), 10 elite BHD (eBHD), and 10 scuba divers during...
MR imaging of the central nervous system in diving-related decompression illness
Reuter M, Tetzlaff K, Hutzelmann A, et al. Acta Radiol 1997; 38:940-944 This investigation was conducted to determine whether MR imaging showed cerebral or spinal damage in acute diving-related decompression illness, a term that includes decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE). A total of 16 divers with dysbaric injuries were examined after the initiation of therapeutic recompression. Their injuries comprised:...
Physiological responses to cold exposure in men, a disabled submarine study
Castellani et al. UHM 2002;29:3:189-203 A disabled submarine lacking power and or environmental control will become cold, and the ambient air may become hypercapnic and hypoxic. This study examined if the combination of hypoxia, hypercapnia, and cold exposure would adversely affect thermoregulatory responses to acute cold exposure in survivors waiting rescue. Seven male submariners completed a series of cold-air tests that consisted...