Search Results

. The term “decompression sickness” refers to pathological conditions arising both from ascent during diving (hyperbaric) and altitude exposure (hypobaric). The inert gas load, offgassing dynamics, and gas phase evolution are pathophysiologically distinct between the two settings. Unfortunately, their shared DCS nomenclature leads to the problematic conflation of the conditions, which differ in prognostic and treatment considerations. Particularly, cutaneous DCS in diving portends poor outcomes, while cutaneous DCS in altitude-associated DCS typically features a