An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in Mediterraneo

2010

Dysbaric accidents are usually referred to compressed air-supplied diving. Nonetheless, diving accidents are known to have occurred among breath-hold divers also and some cases are reported in medical literature. A male professional breath hold diver (57 year old) presented neurological disorders as dizziness, sensory numbness, blurred vision and left phronto-parietal pain after many dives to a 30-35 meters seawater depth. He went home after the regression of the symptoms and runned 8 Km the following morning. Pain, sensory numbness and dizziness occurred after running. He went by himself to the hospital where he had a grand mal seizure and lost consciousness. A magnetic resonance imaging o…

CD64 in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Could Be Useful?

2010

Intra-hospital Transsport of Crititically Ill Patients: Incidence of Adverse Events in One University Hospital

2010