Citation

Kennedy RS, Diachenko JA. Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 1975; 46(4 Sec 1): 432-435.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Aerospace Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1080048

Abstract

The U.S. Navy diving accident records of 2,500 cases for the years 1933 to 1970 were analyzed and sorted into Type I and Type II decompression sickness. Type II was further sorted into "vestibular" and "other" categories. It was concluded that Type II symptoms accounted for 30% of the decompression accidents and it was estimated that the overall incidence of vestibular symptomatology was between 10 and 20%. Nearly 30% of the Type II cases were diagnosed as having vestibular involvement, although almost 60% of the cases contained a report of a symptom typically associated with the vestibular system complex, e.g., dizziness and nausea.

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