Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3174

A unique case of a 70-hour decompression sickness latency

Hasan Kovačević ; Hyperbaric Medicine Polyclinic OXY1, Pula, Croatia
Julijana Franinović Marković ; Polyclinic Salus2, Pula, Croatia

Abstract

We report a unique and well-documented case of a type II decompression sickness (DCS) with a latency interval of 70 hours. It may raise divers’ awareness and help medical practitioners to keep suspect divers under close observation longer than before and identify and treat DCS accordingly.

Keywords

diving; hyperbaric oxygenation; neurological differential diagnosis; prophylactic decompression; therapeutic recompression

Hrčak ID:

213660

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/213660

Publication date:

20.12.2018.

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