Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery Leicester General Hospital Leicester
Abstract
SUMMARY Dysbaric symptoms following ascent from a scuba dive are due to symptomatic nitrogen or air emboli with clear patterns of associated injury. This case report highlights an unusual presentation of dysbaric injury treated successfully with a prostacyclin analogue.
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