An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report

Figure 1

HBOT US NAVY table 6 and table 5. US NAVY table 6 consists of a compression phase about 5 minutes long to depth of 18 msw under 100% oxygen and 4 oxygen cycles lasting 20 minutes each with short air intervals. Then, the patient is decompressed to about 9 msw and exposed to 2 oxygen cycles lasting 60 minutes each and slowly returned to surface pressure. The total elapsed time is about 285 min (4 hrs 45 min). US NAVY table 5 is similar to table 6 but with shorter and lesser oxygen cycles; the total elapsed time is about 135 min, excluding descent. Adapted from http://www.londondivingchamber.co.uk/.