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. 2021 Oct 29;12:763408. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.763408

TABLE 3B.

Decompression sickness events (“blinded” divers only).

RLS Positive
RLS Negative
p-value
n 22 105
Confirmed DCS (n) 6 8
DCS (%) 27.3 7.6
DCS incidence per 10,000 dives 5.46 1.80 0.040
Possible DCS (n) 0 9
Total (confirmed + possible DCS) (%) 27.3 16.2
Total incidence per 10,000 dives 5.46 3.83 0.46
HBO treatment for DCS (n) 2 3
Skin DCS (cutis marmorata) (n) 3 8
Vestibular/cochlear DCS (n) 3 2
Spinal cord DCS (n) 1 5