Citation

Dully FE. Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 1975; 46(9): 1186-1187.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Aerospace Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1164359

Abstract

A false sense of security surrounds the possibility of post-flight complications resulting from "aviator's bends." The accepted clinical clue that a patient is at risk for serious complications is the presence of some form of dysbarism at altitude. This principle has been inappropriately extended to imply that serious post-flight complications of the evolved gas syndrome only follow serious in-flight symptoms. This paper, in addition to reporting the occurrence of post-flight neurologic signs in a patient after Type I pain-only bends during an altitude chamber flight, also identifies a broader subtle complacency in the professional community that routinely deals with hypobarics.

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