Recreational scuba diving is a growing sport worldwide, with an estimated 4 million sport
divers in the United States alone. Because divers may seek medical care for a disorder …

Scuba diving is a world sport, but it is not medically regulated. Study objectives sought to
identify risk behaviors, preexisting medical conditions, compliance to dive guidelines, and …

SCUBA diving is a popular recreational sport. Although serious injuries occur infrequently,
when they do knowledge of diving medicine and/or where to obtain appropriate consultation …

This study aimed to establish epidemiological data on diving habits and outcome of subjects
with respiratory diseases who are considered at increased risk for diving injuries. We …

Background Diving is a popular sport, and some recreational divers have medical risk
factors. Their health can be endangered by high extracorporeal (ambient) pressure and its …

Interest in scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving increased in the
1970s, and undersea diving continues to be a popular sport early in the 21st century, with …

This paper examines multifaceted aspects of diving entries into water which are the cause of
many critical injuries (costed at $ A150 million) and therefore have important safety …

Abstract (Ranapurwala SI, Bird N, Vaithiyanathan P, Denoble PJ. Scuba diving injuries
among Divers Alert Network members 2010–2011. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. 2014 …

THE underwater environment, with its rapidly changing ambient pressures, presents
pathophysiologic challenges that may lead to a variety of unusual diseases for which rapid …

The epidemiology of injury associated with recreational scuba diving is reviewed. A search
of electronic databases and reference lists identified pertinent research. Barotrauma …