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Table 1 Cases of pulmonary barotrauma during rapid decompression training in hypobaric chamber. PTX, pneumothorax

From: Rare pulmonary barotrauma after explosive decompression: a case report

Study/Year

Type of pulmonary barotrauma

No. of subjects

Decompression in feet

Clark 1945 [9]

pneumomedistinum

2

from 8,000 to 31,000

Luft 1954 [10]

PTX

1

from 8,000 to 30,000

Holmstrom 1958 [11]

Pneumomediastinum, PTX, subcutaneous emphysema

2

from 8,000 to 22,000

Cable 2000 [12]

pulmonary barotrauma with cerebral arterial gas embolism

1

from 8,000 to 25,000