Incidence of vestibular symptomatology in 2,500 U.S. Navy diving accidents (1933-1970).
The U.S. Navy diving accident records of 2,500 cases for the years 1933 to 1970 were analyzed and sorted into Type I and Type II decompression sickness. Type II was further sorted into "vestibular" and "other" categories. It was concluded that Type II symptoms accounted for 30% of the decompression accidents and it was estimated that the overall incidence of vestibular symptomatology was between 10 and 20%. Nearly 30% of the Type II cases were diagnosed as having vestibular involvement, although almost 60% of the cases contained a report of a symptom typically associated with the vestibular system complex, e.g., dizziness and nausea.
D000059:Accidents; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004242:Diving; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009326:Naval Medicine; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013575:Syncope / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology