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Review
. 2021 Sep;21(9):349-354.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.05.002. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

Medical conditions that affect the risk of diving

C J Edge  1 , P T Wilmshurst  2
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Review

Medical conditions that affect the risk of diving

C J Edge et al. BJA Educ. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; diving; epilepsy; immersion pulmonary oedema; persistent foramen ovale.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Chest X-rays from 1977 of the first diver reported to have immersion pulmonary oedema. The left panel shows her X-ray shortly after she surfaced with dyspnoea and frothy haemoptysis. By the time the X-ray was taken she was already feeling better and she refused treatment. A repeat chest X-ray 4 weeks later was normal (right panel). She said that she had had six previous episodes. Cardiac investigations were normal, but she later developed hypertension.
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