Dive Profiles and Manifestations of Decompression Sickness Cases After Air and211 Nitrogen-Oxygen Dives. Volume 1. Data Set Summaries, Manifestation Descriptions, 211 and Key Files

摘要

Historically, decompression sickness (DCS) has been considered a binomial event.211u001eThroughout the development of decompression tables and mathematical models that 211u001epredict DCS risk, investigators who have followed a data-based approach employed 211u001eDCS as a 'yes' or 'no' event. Although DCS manifestations have been documented 211u001efor decades, there has been no quantified efforts to examine the relationship 211u001ebetween the dive profile and the signs and symptoms of the disease itself. The 211u001eauthors have compiled the descriptions of DCS cases that occurred after 211u001eperspective air or nitrogen-oxygen research dives conducted by the military. The 211u001edetailed dive profiles associated with each case are also described. This 211u001ecomprehensive collection of more than 8000 exposures and more than 400 DCS cases 211u001ewill allow analysis of the relationship between the dive profile and 211u001emanifestations of DCS.