Diagnosis and treatment
Diagnosis and treatment
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Cerebral Gas Embolism may have a fatal outcome and is often difficult to diagnose. This is a potentially lethal complication of many invasive medical procedures. Our understanding of the aetiology, pathology and therapy is still evolving.
Physicians with training in Diving Medicine are trained to have a high index of suspicion in case of diving related accidents or illness. Victims of trauma or iatrogenic gas embolism often are at a disadvantage of late diagnoses and suboptimal management. If they survive the acute insult, the risk of cerebral gas embolism (CGE) may still have devastating results.
The ideal is to begin treatment immediately as excellent results have been shown during treatment for submariners practicing submarine escape procedures.
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