An observational study in Decompression Sickness, Pulmonary Edema - Acute and Oxygen Toxicity, sponsored by University Hospital, Brest. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-04.
Sponsored by University Hospital, Brest · Observational
This retrospective study aims at an epidemiological description of the clinical presentation of medical problems in technical diving. It assess anthropometric data, diving experience and dive planification, clinical presentation, treatment received and pronostic to understand specificity of this community.
In recent years, the increased availability of breathing gas mixtures, together with progressive technical development of specialized diving equipment, has contributed to expansion of the diver's community. Deep and long dives expose to decompression sickness (DCS) risk and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is the definitive treatment. Incidence, clinical expression or prognosis of pathological events after technical diving might differ from recreational ones. A better knowledge of these specificity will facilitate risk assessment, analysis and medical care for hyperbaric physician community.
21 studies on the registry are indexed under Decompression Sickness; 6 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 74 across 12 observational studies indexed under Decompression Sickness.
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Technical divers are defined by specialized equipment (e.g. rebreather) and/or helium based mixed-gases used to conduct deeper and longer dives. All divers who consulted hyperbaric installations after one of these dives with a retained diagnosis of a diving accident are eligible to participate.
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Demographic description of injured technical divers treated in French hyperbaric center
Comparison of technical diver populations according to length of hospitalization (\< 48 hours vs \> 48 hours) corresponding to treatment with simple hyperbaric oxygen therapy or requiring several consolidation sessions in view of the severity and/or intensity of symptoms.
Time frame: 15 years
Predictive factor of severity
Evaluation regarding the number of OHB treatment (reflecting the gravity if more than 2) and diving profil (breathing apparatus, maximal depth, dive total time, composition of mixed gas), demographic profile of divers (age, sex, medical conditions) and symptoms presentation.
Time frame: 15 years
Plan to share: Yes — All collected data that underlie results in a publication
Supporting information: Study protocol
Time frame: Data will be available beginning three years and ending fifteen years following the final study report completion
Access criteria: Data access requests will be reviewed by the internal committee of Brest UH. Requestors will be required to sign and complete a data access agreement
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Start is estimated for Jan 2025; primary completion for May 2025, 4 months later.
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