UK SPORT DIVING MEDICAL COMMITTEE |
These are sent out shortly after each committee meeting, usually three times per year and include highlights from recently published diving medicine research and discussions of fitness to dive issues.
All newsletters are available in web page format, and print format (PDF) versions are available from February 2000 onwards. Click the edition date for more information. Note that the case reports are removed from the newsletters published on the website. You will need the Acrobat Reader to read the PDF versions and this is available free from the Adobe website (below).
| Edition | Contents |
|---|---|
| August 1999 | Inner
and middle ear barotrauma Arterial gas embolism Longterm safety of diving Review of diving accidents at Leicester Outcome after neurological decompression illness |
| October 1999 | Hyperbaric
chamber related decompression
illness in a patient with
asymptomatic pulmonary
sarcoidosis Barontalgia: dental pain during diving |
| February 2000 | Beware
skin bends Ventriculo-atrial and ventriculo-peritoneal shunts Exercise testing in the surgery SSRI's and diving |
| May 2000 | Asthma
and diving Trapped pollen in SCUBA tanks Patent foramen ovale and migraine Obesity and diving Saturation diving and male fertility Radial keratotomy and diving A new test for decompression sickness? |
| October 2000 | Submersion
or near drowning? New medical system Detection of patent foramen ovale Anticoagulation and diving Unreliable diving medicals Risk factors for bubble production Predicting middle ear barotrauma Neurological decompression illness |
| January 2001 | What
to tell a diver with a PFO Diving and sinusitis Ascent rate and bubble formation Decongestants at pressure |
| May 2001 | Zyban
and diving New medical system |
| July 2001 | Clinical
governance von Willebrand's disease Provocation testing in asthmatics Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia Respiratory atopy at 50m Surface temperature and decompression sickness Inner ear decompression sickness Vestibular findings in professional divers |
| January 2002 | Children
and diving Diving after stapedectomy Diving and back injury Eustachian tube function and free radicals Heart rate variability Headache in divers Diver's mouth syndrome Extreme human breath-hold diving Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt performance at pressure |
| May 2002 | Diving
incidents Misleading PFO data Website changes Images in diving medicine Administration fee for medical referees |
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