Diabetes and Diving: Dive by the Rules=Dive Safe
MONTY - 8/10/2007 9:42 AM
Table 1: Guidelines for Recreational Diving with Diabetes - Summary Form1 Selection and Surveillance: • Age ≥18 years (≥16 years if in special training program) • Delay diving after start/change in medication - 3 months with oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA) - 1 year after initiation of insulin therapy • No episodes of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia requiring intervention from a third party for at least one year • No history of hypoglycemia unawareness • HbA1c ≤9% no more than one ...
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