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Relation between interatrial shunts and decompression sickness in divers
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Relation between interatrial shunts and decompression sickness in divers
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Abstract
The prevalence of right-to-left interatrial shunts was determined by contrast echocardiography in a blind comparison of 61 divers who had had decompression sickness, divided into four predetermined clinical subgroups, and a control group of 63 who had not. The prevalence of shunt was 15/63 in the controls and did not differ significantly in 24 divers with onset of neurological symptoms more than 30 minutes after surfacing (4/24) or 6 with joint pain only (1/6). In divers who had neurological symptoms within 30 minutes of surfacing the prevalence of shunt was 19/29, significantly higher. Rashes soon after surfacing were related to shunts but late rashes were not.
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Interatrial shunts and decompression sickness in divers.Lancet. 1990 Apr 14;335(8694):914-5. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90513-5. Lancet. 1990. PMID: 1970002 No abstract available.
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Right-to-left shunt and neurological decompression sickness in divers.Lancet. 1990 Sep 1;336(8714):568. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92125-2. Lancet. 1990. PMID: 1975062 No abstract available.
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Interatrial shunts and decompression sickness.Lancet. 1990 Oct 6;336(8719):879-80. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92386-v. Lancet. 1990. PMID: 1976902 No abstract available.
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