Brain damage in commercial breath-hold divers.

Acute decompression illness (DCI) involving the brain (Cerebral DCI) is one of the most serious forms of diving-related injuries which may leave residual brain damage. Cerebral DCI occurs in compressed air and in breath-hold divers, likewise. We conducted this study to investigate whether long-term...

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Main Authors: Kiyotaka Kohshi, Hideki Tamaki, Frédéric Lemaître, Toshio Okudera, Tatsuya Ishitake, Petar J Denoble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4130625?pdf=render