Studies

Observational Not yet recruiting

NCT06627153 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Epidemiological Assessment of Technical Diving Accidents in Mainland France and Factors Predictive of Severity (TEKCare)

Official title: Epidemiological Assessment of Technical Diving Accidents in Mainland France and Factors Predictive of Severity

  • Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier RĂ©gional Universitaire de Brest
  • Enrollment: 100 (Estimated)
  • Study start: 2025-01-01 (Estimated)
  • Primary completion: 2025-05-31 (Estimated)
  • Study completion: 2025-12-31 (Estimated)
  • Allocation: N/a
  • InterventionModel: N/a
  • Masking: None
  • PrimaryPurpose: Other

Brief Summary

This retrospective study aims at an epidemiological description of the clinical presentation of medical problems in technical diving. It assess anthropometric data, diving experience and dive planification, clinical presentation, treatment received and pronostic to understand specificity of this community.

Conditions

  • Decompression Sickness
  • Pulmonary Edema - Acute
  • Oxygen Toxicity
  • Carbon Dioxide Poisoning
  • Nitrogen Narcosis

Primary Outcome Measures

  • Demographic description of injured technical divers treated in French hyperbaric center (15 years)
    Comparison of technical diver populations according to length of hospitalization (\< 48 hours vs \> 48 hours) corresponding to treatment with simple hyperbaric oxygen therapy or requiring several consolidation sessions in view of the severity and/or intensity of symptoms.

Countries

France

Locations and Investigators

  • Chu Brest, Brest, France