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The focus in this new title is on PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) as a risk factor in diving and thus the text is concerned primarily with dissolved gas and the subsequent aberrant distribution of those venous bubbles in the presence of a natural and common anatomical variant of cardiac development.
The prevalence of PFO is about 25% in the general population and several respectable investigators have studied this problem and feel that PFO should be considered a definite risk factor for the development of decompression sickness.
(Hardcover, 145 pages)
"This is a highly specific review of a relatively controversial topic in diving medicine by a research group that has published extensively in this area. This text is generally very readable and thought provoking. It provides an excellent update on recent research in a fascinating area ofd diving medicine. It should be of interest to all involved in diving medicine."
--SPUMS Journal Dec 2007, Dennis Boon vonOchsee
Table of Contents
SECTION 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS/DYSBARIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 1: An introduction to clinical aspects of decompression illness (dci)/dysbaric disorders
Introduction, Defining DCI, Historical Perspectives, Etiology and Pathophysiology of DCI, Clinical Manifestations of DCI, New DCI Classification, Treatment of DCI, Conclusion
CHAPTER 2: Other adverse effects of scuba diving
Introduction, Professional/Commercial vs. Recreational/Sport Scuba Diving, DCI, Fatalities and Other Accidents, Incidence in Professional vs.Sport Scuba Divers.
SECTION 2. PATENCY OF FORAMEN OVALE AND SCUBA DIVING
CHAPTER 3: Development of the fetal heart
Development of the Atria, The Cardiac Loop and the Establishment of Regional Division of the Development of the Sinus Venosus Septation of the Atria, Course and Balance of Blood Flow, Fetal/Neonatal Heart Blood Flow in the Fetal Heart. Blood Flow in the Neonatal Heart
CHAPTER 4: Paradoxical nitrogen bubble embolization through a pfo: a cause of DCI in sport divers?
Introduction, Study, Protocol, Results, Discussion, Conclusions
CHAPTER 5: Can we define relative risk of incurring dci related to the presence of a pfo?
Introduction, Incidence of PFO, Grade II on All Decompression Illnesses
CHAPTER 6: Carotid artery doppler as a minimally invasive screening method for pfo (correlation with c-tee)
Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Carotid Artery Doppler Screening: Investigating DCI Risk in Divers with Patent Foramen Ovale, Material Available on the Internet
CHAPTER 7: Intrathoracic Pressure Changes After Valsalva Strain and Other Maneuvers: Implications for Divers with PFO Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions. Some Hypobaric Considerations
CHAPTER 8: PFO detection in divers methodological aspects
Introduction, Our Proposal, Protocol, Conclusions
CHAPTER 9: Time-related opening of the foramen ovale in divers
Methods, Results, Discussion
CHAPTER 10: Brain magnetic resonance imaging (mri) hyperintense spots in divers
Introduction, Methods, Analysis, Discussion
CHAPTER 11: Neuropsychometric evaluation of divers
Introduction, Neuropsychometric Evaluation, Outcome, Discussion, Conclusions
CHAPTER 12: The fractal approach as a tool to understand asymptomatic brain hyperintense MRI signals
Introduction, The Fractal Approach, An Introduction to the Fractal Dimension, Methods, Results, Conclusions
CHAPTER 13: General Conclusions
CHAPTER 14: Safer decompression and low bubble production procedures
Identifying the Risk of Decompression Illnesses, Strategies for Successful Decompressions, Mediterranean Coral Diving, Comex, Deep Decompression Studies
CHAPTER 15: The arterial bubble assumption
CHAPTER 16: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS, FINAL REMARKS, REFERENCES, CONTENTS
