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The physiology of apnea diving to depth

Hyperbaric oxygen for mandibular cysts

Pre-dive exercise and intravascular bubbles

Performance and safety of a middle-ear implant

CNS oxygen toxicity over 20 years in Freemantle

Professional divers are not stressed by a chamber dive

Managing diving accidents by phone - the Swiss experience

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The effect of pre-dive exercise timing, intensity and mode on post-decompression venous gas emboliKaren M Jurd, Julian C Thacker, Fiona M Seddon, Mikael Gennser andGeoffrey AM Loveman

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Telemedicine in the management of diving accidents: correlation of phone-assessed symptom severity with clinical findings

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Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on bone healing after enucleation of mandibular cysts: a modified case-control studyKrishna Kant Tripathi, Aditya Moorthy, Ranjan Chambala Karai, Girish Rao and Prakesh Chandra Ghosh

Oxygen toxicity seizures: 20 years’ experience from a single hyperbaric unitNeil D G Banham

Central nervous system, oxygen, toxicity, seizures, hyperbaric oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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The effects of increased pressure, variation in inspired gases and the use of a mask during dry chamber dives on salivary cortisol in professional diversJanne Tikkinen, Ari Hirvonen, Kai Parkkola and Martti A Siimes

Predicting performance in competitive apnea diving. Part III: depthErika Schagatay

Suitability of the partially implantable active middle-ear amplifier Vibrant Soundbridge® to hyperbaric exposureChristoph Klingmann, Angela Klingmann and Theodoros Skevas

Diving, implantable devices, hearing, equipment, pressure, barotrauma, performance

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Does hyperbaric oxygen administration decrease side effects and improve quality of life after pelvic irradiation?

Decompression illness, a simple guide and practical advice on the recognition, management and prevention of DCIJohn Lippmann

Wound care certification study guideJayesh Shah, EditorPaul Sheffield, Caroline Fife, co-editors

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Fluid balance in diving and diving-related injuryJohn A S Ross

F. hypotonic oral or intravenous fluids are to be avoided in the treatment of decompression illness.

The death of buddy diving?

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181 The Editor’s offering182 The President’s page

183 The effect of pre-dive exercise timing, intensity and mode on post-decompression venous gas emboliKaren M Jurd, Julian C Thacker, Fiona M Seddon, Mikael Gennser and Geoffrey AM Loveman

189 Telemedicine in the management of diving accidents: correlation of phone-assessed symptom severity with clinical findingsChristian Wölfel, Guido Schüpfer, Christoph Konrad, Peter Knessl and Jürg Wendling

195 Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on bone healing after enucleation of mandibular cysts: a modified case-control studyKrishna Kant Tripathi, Aditya Moorthy, Ranjan Chambala Karai, Girish Rao and Prakesh Chandra Ghosh

202 Oxygen toxicity seizures: 20 years’ experience from a single hyperbaric unitNeil D G Banham

211 The effects of increased pressure, variation in inspired gases and the use of a mask during dry chamber dives on salivary cortisol in professional diversJanne Tikkinen, Ari Hirvonen, Kai Parkkola and Martti A Siimes

216 Predicting performance in competitive apnea diving. Part III: depthErika Schagatay

229 Suitability of the partially implantable active middle-ear amplifier Vibrant Soundbridge® to hyperbaric exposureChristoph Klingmann, Angela Klingmann and Theodoros Skevas

233 Does hyperbaric oxygen administration decrease side effects and improve quality of life after pelvic irradiation?David Smart

234 Decompression illness, a simple guide and practical advice on the recognition, management and prevention of DCIRob Edward and Selina Davis

235 Wound care certification study guideYvonne Denny

Continuing professional development236 Fluid balance in diving and diving-related injury

John AS Ross

238 The death of buddy diving?P David Cooper

239 R W ‘Billy Bob’ Hamilton

241 38th EUBS Annual Scientific Meeting 2012First nnnouncement

242 Minutes of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of EUBS Meet ing, Gdansk Medical University, Gdansk, 26 August 2011

244 Minutes of the EUBS General Assembly, Gdansk, 28 August 2011

246 Diploma of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

247 SPUMS 41st Annual Scientific Meeting 2012Preliminary announcement

248 Rear Admiral Robyn Walker249 ANZCA Certificate in Diving and

Hyperbaric Medicine249 SPUMS Award, Hyperbaric

Techn ic ians and Nurses Association ASM 2011

250 Courses and meetings

252 Instructions to authors(short version)

250 The Poetry DoctorJohn Parker