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Lagier P, Lucas D, Dewitte J, Pougnet R, Loddé B. Motifs d’arrêt de la surveillance médicale de recours des plongeurs professionnels. ARCH MAL PROF ENVIRO 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.admp.2022.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Sadler C, Alvarez Villela M, Van Hoesen K, Grover I, Lang M, Neuman T, Lindholm P. Diving after SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection: Fitness to dive assessment and medical guidance. Diving Hyperb Med 2020; 50:278-287. [PMID: 32957131 DOI: 10.28920/dhm50.3.278-287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Scuba diving is a critical activity for commercial industry, military activities, research, and public safety, as well as a passion for many recreational divers. Physicians are expected to provide return-to-diving recommendations after SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection based upon the best available evidence, often drawn from experience with other, similar diseases. Scuba diving presents unique physiologic challenges to the body secondary to immersion, increased pressure and increased work of breathing. The long-term sequelae of COVID-19 are still unknown, but if they are proven to be similar to other coronaviruses (such as Middle East respiratory syndrome or SARS-CoV-1) they may result in long-term pulmonary and cardiac sequelae that impact divers' ability to safely return to scuba diving. This review considers available literature and the pathophysiology of COVID-19 as it relates to diving fitness, including current recommendations for similar illnesses, and proposes guidelines for evaluation of divers after COVID-19. The guidelines are based upon best available evidence about COVID-19, as well as past experience with determination of diving fitness. It is likely that all divers who have contracted COVID-19 will require a medical evaluation prior to return to diving with emphasis upon pulmonary and cardiac function as well as exercise capacity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charlotte Sadler
- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.,Corresponding author: Dr Charlotte Sadler, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA,
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- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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