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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87610| Title: | Increasing prevalence of vestibulo-cochlear decompression illness in Malta – an analysis of hyperbaric treatment data from 1987–2017 |
| Authors: | Azzopardi, Charles Paul Caruana, Joseph Matity, Lyubisa Muscat, Stephen Meintjes, WA Jack |
| Keywords: | Neuroradiology Hyperbaric oxygenation -- Malta Hyperbaric chambers -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Inc. |
| Citation: | Azzopardi, C. P., Caruana, J., Matity, L., Muscat, S., & Meintjes, W. J. (2019). Increasing prevalence of vestibulo-cochlear decompression illness in Malta–an analysis of hyperbaric treatment data from 1987–2017. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, 49(3), 161. |
| Abstract: | MethodsThis retrospective analysis reviews all the medical records of divers with DCI in Malta within the 30-year period between 1987 to 2017 who required recompression therapy with hyperbaric oxygen. Results There were 437 discrete cases of DCI managed with recompression therapy. Amongst DCI subtypes, the prevalence of musculo-skeletal DCI is decreasing, whereas that of vestibulo-cochlear DCI is increasing. Conclusion The increasing prevalence of vestibulo-cochlear DCI may be due to a change in diving practices in Malta. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87610 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciPhy |
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