Hello,
As some of you know I am Editor-in-Chief of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. This is the peer reviewed scientific journal jointly published by the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and the European Underwater Baromedical Society. The journal appears quarterly. Although the article abstracts go onto / pubmed / medline immediately, the articles themselves are embargoed to members only for 1 year after release at which time they appear on pubmed central. There are many high-end diving enthusiasts on this site who would find the ~$USD85 SPUMS non-MD associate membership fee to be a very worthwhile investment to get the journal articles immediately on release without having to wait for a year. The journal is usually packed full of relevant articles - for example, the cover summaries of the papers for the upcoming June issue looks like this:
Bullous lung disease and cerebral arterial gas embolism
Does closing a PFO reduce the risk of DCS?
A left ventricular assist device in the hyperbaric chamber
The impact of health on professional diver attrition
Serum tau as a marker of decompression stress
Are hypoxia experiences for rebreather divers valuable?
Nitrox vs air narcosis measured by critical flicker fusion frequency
The effect of medications in diving
Members can also go to the meetings which combine diving and great diving science in cool places (this year in May its in the Solomon Is, next year in New Zealand). Anyone interested in joining can do so at the SPUMS website:
User account | SPUMS
Beyond this gratuitous advertising (which is nevertheless for the common good!) the purpose of this thread is to say that from now on I will use it to draw board members attention to potentially interesting papers as they become available on pubmed central after the one year embargo, with links to where you can get the papers. When you follow the links you will find there is an option to download the paper as a pdf.
Here are some examples. The in-water recompression paper was released earlier than a year because an early release fee was paid to the societies.
1. Spisni E, et al. A comparative evaluation of two decompression procedures for technical diving using inflammatory responses: compartmental versus ratio deco. Diving Hyperb Med. 2017;47:9-16.
This study has been discussed on scubaboard previously. It compared post-dive bubble production and inflammatory markers in human divers following dives to the same depth and bottom time with decompression according to a Buhlmann profile (less deep stops) with ratio deco (more deep stops). The findings were interesting!
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147226/
2. Sharp FC and Sayer MDJ. A technical diving related burns case: treatment in a remote location. Diving Hyperb Med. 2017;47:127-130.
This was a report of an oxygen fire and the resulting injuries in a rebreather accident at Truk Lagoon.
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147225/
3. Doolette DJ, Mitchell SJ. In-water recompression. Diving Hyperb Med. 2018;48(2):85-95.
This is a comprehensive summary of the evidence in support of in-water recompression as an early intervention for decompression sickness. It is of extremely high relevance to technical divers.
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6156824/
I will update this thread periodically as more interesting articles become available.
Simon Mitchell (Editor of DHM)
As some of you know I am Editor-in-Chief of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. This is the peer reviewed scientific journal jointly published by the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and the European Underwater Baromedical Society. The journal appears quarterly. Although the article abstracts go onto / pubmed / medline immediately, the articles themselves are embargoed to members only for 1 year after release at which time they appear on pubmed central. There are many high-end diving enthusiasts on this site who would find the ~$USD85 SPUMS non-MD associate membership fee to be a very worthwhile investment to get the journal articles immediately on release without having to wait for a year. The journal is usually packed full of relevant articles - for example, the cover summaries of the papers for the upcoming June issue looks like this:
Bullous lung disease and cerebral arterial gas embolism
Does closing a PFO reduce the risk of DCS?
A left ventricular assist device in the hyperbaric chamber
The impact of health on professional diver attrition
Serum tau as a marker of decompression stress
Are hypoxia experiences for rebreather divers valuable?
Nitrox vs air narcosis measured by critical flicker fusion frequency
The effect of medications in diving
Members can also go to the meetings which combine diving and great diving science in cool places (this year in May its in the Solomon Is, next year in New Zealand). Anyone interested in joining can do so at the SPUMS website:
User account | SPUMS
Beyond this gratuitous advertising (which is nevertheless for the common good!) the purpose of this thread is to say that from now on I will use it to draw board members attention to potentially interesting papers as they become available on pubmed central after the one year embargo, with links to where you can get the papers. When you follow the links you will find there is an option to download the paper as a pdf.
Here are some examples. The in-water recompression paper was released earlier than a year because an early release fee was paid to the societies.
1. Spisni E, et al. A comparative evaluation of two decompression procedures for technical diving using inflammatory responses: compartmental versus ratio deco. Diving Hyperb Med. 2017;47:9-16.
This study has been discussed on scubaboard previously. It compared post-dive bubble production and inflammatory markers in human divers following dives to the same depth and bottom time with decompression according to a Buhlmann profile (less deep stops) with ratio deco (more deep stops). The findings were interesting!
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147226/
2. Sharp FC and Sayer MDJ. A technical diving related burns case: treatment in a remote location. Diving Hyperb Med. 2017;47:127-130.
This was a report of an oxygen fire and the resulting injuries in a rebreather accident at Truk Lagoon.
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147225/
3. Doolette DJ, Mitchell SJ. In-water recompression. Diving Hyperb Med. 2018;48(2):85-95.
This is a comprehensive summary of the evidence in support of in-water recompression as an early intervention for decompression sickness. It is of extremely high relevance to technical divers.
Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6156824/
I will update this thread periodically as more interesting articles become available.
Simon Mitchell (Editor of DHM)
