Patent foramen ovale is a condition in which the foramen ovale, a naturally occurring opening in the atrial septum of the developing fetus, fails t ...

Buoyancy while scuba diving, snorkeling, or swimming is a safety skill. It also has multiple medical and diving implications. A diver’s air c ...

As any person ventures into an increased pressure environment, they begin to absorb the inert gasses in their breathing media in proportion to the ...

Oxygen is vital to sustain life.  However, breathing oxygen at higher than normal partial pressure leads to hyperoxia and can cause ...

Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene) are both life-threatening infections caused by the anaerobic, spore-forming, exotoxin-producing ...

Transcutaneous oximetry (TcPO) is a non-invasive, simple and reliable diagnostic method used to assess peri-wound oxygenation and microcirculatory ...