Brain multi-infarct and decompression sickness
Journal Title: Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Scuba diving is associated with an important risk of developing decompression sickness secondary to formation of gas bubbles inside the body. The latter is formed mainly by nitrogen in the body on the diver’s way to the surface (1,2). In some cases, it might injure the central nervous system. Several decompression cases that have been associated with neurologic symptoms are described in the literature; however, brain multi-infarct with lethal outcome has never been described.
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Luis Rafael Moscote Salazar
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