Chokes--favorable response to delayed recompression therapy: a case report.
The pulmonary manifestations of decompression sickness have been attributed to various mechanisms, all of which invoke bubble formation and presence in the lung as the cause of symptoms. A case of persistent "chokes" syndrome, which responded to recompression of 72 h after presentation, is described. The possible physiological mechanisms and the late response to therapy is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004242:Diving; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors