Publications by authors named "Sofia A Sokolowski"

Introduction: A 54-year-old, previously healthy Caucasian male diver was on a 22-day liveaboard diving holiday. During this time, he performed 75 open-circuit dives, of which 72 were with enriched air nitrox. All dives were within recreational length and depth.

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Introduction: Effectiveness of delayed hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) for decompression illness (DCI) and factors affecting treatment delays have not been studied in large groups of patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included 546 DCI patients treated in Finland in the years 1999-2018 and investigated factors associated with recompression delay and outcome. Treatment outcome was defined as fully recovered or presence of residual symptoms on completion of HBOT.

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