@article{ref1,
title="Impaired consciousness when scuba diving associated with vasovagal syncope",
journal="Diving and hyperbaric medicine",
year="2020",
author="Wilmshurst, Peter and Clamp, Margaret",
volume="50",
number="4",
pages="421-423",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Drowning is likely to result from impairment of consciousness when scuba diving. Causes include toxic effects of breathing gas, including nitrogen narcosis and oxygen toxicity, and arterial gas embolism.   METHODS: Review of the medical records of scuba divers who had impaired consciousness underwater that could not be attributed to toxic effects of breathing gas or arterial gas embolism.   RESULTS: Four scuba divers had episodes of impaired consciousness when at shallow depths (8-18 m) underwater. The descriptions of the episodes were very similar. Three had histories of recurrent episodes of vasovagal syncope on land.   CONLCUSIONS: Absence of other causes for their impaired consciousness underwater leads to the conclusion that the probable cause was vasovagal syncope.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1833-3516",
doi="10.28920/dhm50.4.421-423",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.28920/dhm50.4.421-423"
}