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KMID : 0358119870130020055
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1987 Volume.13 No. 2 p.55 ~ p.61
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EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS AMONG DIVING FISHMEN IN KOREA
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安衡湜/Ahn, Hyeong Sik
宋在鐵/趙秀憲/Song, Jae Chul/Cho, Soo-Hun
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Abstract
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One hundred ninety-seven cases of decompression sickness who were treated at Kangnam General Hospital Hyperbaric Unit for one year are reviewed. One hundred seventy-two patients (87.3%) had pain only. The other 25 patients (12.7%) had more serious decompression sickness. More than 90% of the patients had been shell fishing diving.
In April-May, 1987, a survey was conducted of diving fishmen, 82 of whom´ were selected for this study with questionnaire. The ages of the divers ranged from 25 to 47 with a mean 30.8 years. On an average day they made from 3 to 7 dives with a mean bottom time 27.5 minutes. The, divers.ranged in depth from 30 to 50 meters. Ninety-two percents of-respondents had had one or more incidents of type I decompression sickness, which they had treated by immediate in-water recompression-. Forty-four divers (53%) had experienced one or more incidents of more serious type ff decompression sickness including neurological´ involvement.
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