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Case Reports
. 1993 Jun;20(2):155-7.

Air embolism with bilateral pneumothorax after a five-meter dive

I Friehs  1 , G M Friehs, G B Friehs
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  • PMID: 8329942
Case Reports

Air embolism with bilateral pneumothorax after a five-meter dive

I Friehs et al. Undersea Hyperb Med. 1993 Jun.

Abstract

After an emergency ascent from very shallow depth, a diver suffered a triad of symptoms after bilateral barotrauma of the lungs: air embolism with subsequent paraparesis, pneumomediastinum, and bilateral pneumothorax. This is the first case of its kind in 20 yr of experience in the hyperbaric center at Graz. The patient was successfully treated by recompression with HBO.

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