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Letter to the Editor
Risky diving
C. Cascais-Costa
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, G. Teixeira, L. Andrade
Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Baixo Vouga – Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro, Portugal
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2</a>&#41;&#46; The Hyperbaric Medicine Service decided that the patient did not need be exposed to hyperbaric treatment as there were no neurological symptoms&#46; Nasal canula oxygen treatment was initiated to increase gas reabsorption and he was closely monitored for potential esophagic or tracheal rupture in the following 24&#8239;h&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">After that period&#44; patient was discharged as there was total subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema reabsorption without evident sequelae&#46; The subsequent follow-up appointment showed no clinical or imagiological evidence of relapses&#46; He followed a respiratory functional study as an outpatient which was normal&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pneumomediastinum is usually a benign medical situation<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> and although there is no consensus regarding treatment&#44; most studies support a conservative approach with rest and analgesia&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Oxygen administration can increase gas reabsorption up to six-times and should be considered as an alternative treatment&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Relapses are rare&#44; so a short-term medical surveillance is recommended&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> This condition may be responsible for a high incidence of morbimortality such as facial or cervical lesions and esophagic or tracheal rupture&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> which justifies a complementary study carried out after the acute onset&#46; Although spirometry is not recommended in the acute setting&#44; however&#44; it must be performed to exclude pulmonary fragility that may worsen the overall pneumomediastinum prognosis&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With this case&#44; the authors aim to alert to a rare and otherwise underdiagnosed situation which&#44; although benign&#44; requires a prompt diagnosis and acknowledgement of the risks that may be associated&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Funding</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that no funding was received for this paper&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Author contributions</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">-</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Catarina Cascais-Costa wrote the paper&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">-</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Gilberto Teixeira contributed to data collection&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">-</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Gilberto Teixeira and L&#237;lia Andrade contributed to the revision of the manuscript&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">-</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">All the authors read and approved the final manuscript&#46;</p></li></ul></p></span></span>"
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