RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Can asthmatic subjects dive?
JF European Respiratory Review
JO EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 214
OP 220
DO 10.1183/16000617.0006-2016
VO 25
IS 140
A1 Yochai Adir
A1 Alfred A. Bove
YR 2016
UL http://err.ersjournals.com/content/25/140/214.abstract
AB Recreational diving with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) has grown in popularity. Asthma is a common disease with a similar prevalence in divers as in the general population. Due to theoretical concern about an increased risk for pulmonary barotrauma and decompression sickness in asthmatic divers, in the past the approach to asthmatic diver candidates was very conservative, with scuba disallowed. However, experience in the field and data in the current literature do not support this dogmatic approach. In this review the theoretical risk factors of diving with asthma, the epidemiological data and the recommended approach to the asthmatic diver candidate will be described.The theoretical risks of diving with asthma, epidemiological data and the recommended approach to asthmatic divers http://ow.ly/105KuZ