Clinical and tympanometric findings in repeated recreational scuba diving

Due to the condition known as middle ear squeeze, scuba diving has become one of the main causes of barotrauma, and the acute form of this condition has been relatively well established. However, there are few reports available on clinical or laboratory findings in divers who practise repeated divin...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2005-02, Vol.3 (1), p.19-25
Main Authors: Ramos, Cécil C., Rapoport, Priscila B., Brito Neto, Rubens V.
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Diving
Hang gliding
Mortality
Observational studies
Otological effects
Otoscopy
Oxygen therapy
Scuba & skin diving
Scuba diving
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Tympanic membrane
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Scuba diving
Travel medicine
Tympanic membrane
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