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The use of portable 2D echocardiography and 'frame-based' bubble counting as a tool to evaluate diving decompression stress.

par Germonpré, Peter;Papadopoulou, Virginie;Hemelryck, Walter;Obeid, G;Lafere, Pierre ;Eckersley, Robert J;Tang, Meng-Xing;Balestra, Costantino
Référence Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, 44, 1, page (5-13)
Publication Publié, 2014-03

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'Decompression stress' is commonly evaluated by scoring circulating bubble numbers post dive using Doppler or cardiac echography. This information may be used to develop safer decompression algorithms, assuming that the lower the numbers of venous gas emboli (VGE) observed post dive, the lower the statistical risk of decompression sickness (DCS). Current echocardiographic evaluation of VGE, using the Eftedal and Brubakk method, has some disadvantages as it is less well suited for large-scale evaluation of recreational diving profiles. We propose and validate a new 'frame-based' VGE-counting method which offers a continuous scale of measurement.