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On the other hand, judging from some of the people on this this list and on rec.scuba, brain damage can occur after only one pool or quarry dive. Or perhaps it's happening in the classroom before some of these people even got wet. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > From: Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*> > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:25:54 -0400 > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: brain damage and divers > > Good news for those of us who never believed that the studies that > suggested brain damage in divers were correct: > > 1: Acta Radiol 2000 Jan;41(1):18-21 > > Does diving damage the brain? MR control study of divers' central > nervous > system. > > Hutzelmann A, Tetzlaff K, Reuter M, Muller-Hulsbeck S, Heller M. > > Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, > Kiel, > Germany. > > PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of cerebral white matter changes on > MR > imaging in healthy elderly compressed air divers with a long diving > history in > comparison with control subjects who have never dived. MATERIAL AND > METHODS: The > investigation employed 59 experienced elderly divers and 48 control > subjects > matched for age, body mass index, alcohol and smoking history. MR > studies > included a fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence and T1- and > T2-weighted > pre- and postcontrast images in axial orientation of the whole brain to > localize > white matter changes. RESULTS: MR images did not show any morphologic > abnormalities in the brains of divers. Both groups - divers and controls > - did > not differ significantly with respect to white matter changes of the > brain. > CONCLUSION: No increased prevalence of cerebral white matter changes in > compressed air divers compared with a healthy worker sample of similar > age were > found. Thus, extensive compressed air diving may not necessarily be > related to > radiological changes on MR. > > PMID: 10665864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] > > > > Wendell Grogan > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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