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3. DIVE INJURIES 3.5 Treatments and Outcomes Divers in our sample received between 1 and 17 recompressions. Figure 3.5-1 illustrates the breakdown by the number of treatments. Most divers received 2 recompressions. When all treatments are considered, more divers received non-standard HBO therapy for DCS than the standard USN Table 6 (Figure 3.5-2). Number of Treatments Number of Treatments 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 20 15 10 5 0 83 DCS 8 AGE 4 Not Dive Related Mean Median Maximum Figure 3.5-1 Number of treatments per diver. Other HBO Table 6 Table 5 Table 6A Figure 3.5-2 Recompression tables used (n=132). Seventy percent of the divers had complete relief or improvement of symptoms after recompression (Figure 3.5-3). Only seven percent had no response, but outcome was not reported in 23 percent. Annual Diving Report: 2006 Edition 41
Percent of Cases 50 40 30 20 10 0 Complete Relief 3. DIVE INJURIES Improved Unchanged Missing Figure 3.5-3 General outcome (based on DIRF data only; n=173). Serious symptoms were rare in this sample. Table 3.5-1 lists the cases with serious symptoms and their outcomes after treatment. Relief was complete in 83 percent and improved in 6 percent. There was no change in 10 percent. Table 3.5-1 Specific outcomes. Symptom Frequency Outcome after All Treatments Bladder or bowel 1 NC Deafness 4 2CR, 1IM, 1NC Confusion 7 5CR, 2NC Respiratory 6 5CR, 1NC Malaise 30 28CR, 2IM CR= complete relief, IM= improved, NC= no change 42 Annual Diving Report: 2006 Edition
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL DIVING REPORT 2006 EDITION F
Page 3 and 4: Acknowledgments Data for the 2006 R
Page 5 and 6: International DAN Offices DAN Ameri
Page 7 and 8: 1. INTRODUCTION PDE is a prospectiv
Page 9 and 10: 1.2 Annual Diving Injury and Fatali
Page 11 and 12: 1. INTRODUCTION 48 years from 1989
Page 13 and 14: 2. PROJECT DIVE EXPLORATION The Sca
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2004 Publications Refereed Articles
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