[In Process Citation]Jacek Kot
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 44:112-3. 2012
..Iatrogenic gas emboli arerare, albeit dramatic complications of therapeutic interventions,which result in persistent neurological symptoms inover 40% of cases [2]...
Extremely deep recreational dives: the risk for carbon dioxide (CO(2)) retention and high pressure neurological syndrome (HPNS)Jacek Kot
National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdynia, Poland
Int Marit Health 63:49-55. 2012
..So the scope of modern diving medicine for recreational divers should be expanded also to cover these problems, which previously were assigned exclusively to professional and military divers...
Controversial issues in hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine WorkshopJacek Kot
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Diving Hyperb Med 41:101-4. 2011
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The maximum tissue half-time for nitrogen elimination from divers' bodyZdzisław Sićko
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Powstania Styczniowego 9B, Gdynia 81 519, Poland
Int Marit Health 54:108-16. 2003
..The discrepancy between T1/2max values obtained using isobaric decompression method and decompressions after diving indicates different physiological phenomena during nitrogen elimination in both methods...
Value of hyperbaric oxygen in bacterial and fungal malignant external otitis treatmentWaldemar Narozny
ENT Department, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki Str 7, bld 16, 80 211, Gdansk, Poland
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 263:680-4. 2006
..Small number of patients with MEO, especially with non-bacterial infection, and unforeseen clinical course of disease make our experience difficult to objectivize...
Prognostic factors in sudden sensorineural hearing loss: our experience and a review of the literatureWaldemar Narozny
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Gdansk, 7 Debinki Str, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 115:553-8. 2006
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Recompression treatment for decompression illness: 5-year report (2003-2007) from National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine in PolandJacek Kot
National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Int Marit Health 59:69-80. 2008
..In 2 cases initial diagnosis of decompression sickness type I was rejected after initial recompression treatment and careful re-evaluation of diving profiles, risk factors and reported symptoms...
Delayed treatment of bubble related illness in diving--review of standard protocolJacek Kot
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Powstania Styczniowego 9 B, 81 519 Gdynia, Poland
Int Marit Health 55:103-20. 2004
..Other drugs (aspirin, lidocaine, heparin, steroids, calcium channel blockers, antioxidants) should still be treated as an option considered by clinician, but without strong evidences from clinical studies...
New Polish occupational health and safety regulations for underwater worksJacek Kot
National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Powstania Styczniowego 9 B, 81 519 Gdynia, Poland
Int Marit Health 58:149-56. 2007
..It this paper, general description of health requirements for divers, as well as decompression tables that are included in the new Regulation on Occupational Health for Underwater Works are presented...
Pneumoperitoneum after diving--two clinical cases and literature reviewJacek Kot
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Interfaculty Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine In Gdynia, Medical University of Gadńsk, Poland
Int Marit Health 56:135-45. 2005
..In this paper two cases of pneumoperitoneum of different origins are presented and similar cases reported in the literature are discussed...
Oxidative stress during oxygen tolerance testJacek Kot
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, , Gdynia, Poland
Int Marit Health 54:117-26. 2003
..In our study this stress was not reflected in measurement of total oxidative status and heat shock proteins...
A European code of good practice for hyperbaric oxygen therapyJacek Kot
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Powstania Styczniowego 9 B, PL 81 519 Gdynia, Poland
Int Marit Health 55:121-30. 2004
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Evolution of relation P1(P2) describing saturation decompressions after air hyperbaric expositionsZdzisław Sićko
National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Powstania Styczniowego 9B, Gdynia 81 519, Poland
Int Marit Health 53:102-10. 2002
..Sixteen published models, including the one developed in our center, were compared and gradual change of parameters was identified. This trend should result in safer decompression systems...
Usefulness of high doses of glucocorticoids and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss treatmentWaldemar Narozny
ENT Department, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Otol Neurotol 25:916-23. 2004
..We investigated the effect of pharmacologic (steroids, vasodilators, vitamins, and Betaserc) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy on patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss...