Neurophysiological monitoring of acute neurological decompression illness.
Somatosensory evoked potentials recorded over the scalp in response to posterior tibial nerve stimulation may provide a useful means of assessing the integrity of the neuraxis during the treatment of neurological decompression illness (DCI). The neurophysiological assessment of a case of DCI is described.
Murrison
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Southampton General Hospital.
Glasspool
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Sedgwick
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D000328:Adult; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004242:Diving; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011930:Reaction Time; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D006113:United Kingdom