1.
Phys Rev D Part Fields
; 52(5): 2994-3002, 1995 Sep 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10019514
2.
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther
; 29(3): 188-9, 1994 May.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8043724
3.
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther
; 29(1): 59-61, 1994 Feb.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8142574
ABSTRACT
We report on a patient suffering from a severe cerebral arterial gas embolism associated with decompression from a simulated high pressure chamber dive. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) commenced immediately after the accident and was continued subsequently for 8 weeks with a total of 49 HBO-sessions. Despite initial transitory amaurosis and flaccid tetraplegia lasting for two weeks the patient made a near complete recovery except for circumscript numbness and paraesthesia confined to the left tibia and palm. This case underscores the need to consider patients with cerebral arterial gas embolism for HBO treatment and the potential value of a subsequent long-term HBO therapy.