CASE OF A TREATMENT OF THE SERIOUS BAROTRAUMA OF THE LUNGS USING THE MODERN DIVING CHAMBER

Barotrauma of the lungs is a serious diver’s professional disease with the rupture of lung tissue and gas spreading away from the alveolar space. The radical way of treatment of the barotrauma of the lungs is the urgent therapeutic recompression in the diving chamber. The clinical case of a successful treatment of the barotrauma of the lungs combined with the drowning using the modern mobile autonomous barocomplex is particularly observed. The diagnostic data obtained during the examination in the hospital is analyzed. The results of the computed tomography of the chest for effi ciency evaluation of the treatment are given. The therapeutic recompression outcome in the diving chamber as a potential influence of the gaseous products of human metabolism is analyzed. The decisive and appropriate actions during the therapy of the barotrauma of the lungs allow to reduce the impact to a minimum and preserve the aptitude of the diver. 

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