Management of severe decompression sickness with treatment ancillary to recompression: case report.
Recompression remains the primary form of treatment in decompression sickness, but severe cases require ancillary treatment. The case of a compressed air worker with decompression sickness is presented who, in addition to recompression, required 5.5 of I.V. fluids in the first 8 h, heparin, digitalis, steroids, and respiratory support, to prevent death. The report includes a description of the precipitation causes, the course during recompression, the drugs and dosages used, and comments on respirator treatment.
D000328:Adult; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003892:Deslanoside / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003911:Dextrans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006400:Hematocrit; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007799:Lanatosides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
D003911:Dextrans; D007799:Lanatosides; D006493:Heparin; D003892:Deslanoside