Walter Chin
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Popa D, Medak A, Chin W, Huchim-Lara O, Fliszar E, Hughes T, et al.
Diving Hyperb Med
. 2020 Dec;
50(4):391-398.
PMID: 33325021
Introduction: Artisanal diving fishermen in Yucatán, Mexico have high rates of decompression sickness as a result of frequently unsafe diving practices with surface supplied compressed air. In this study, we...
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Parikh N, Lee P, Raman S, Cao M, Lamb J, Tyran M, et al.
JCO Oncol Pract
. 2020 Jun;
16(11):e1378-e1385.
PMID: 32539652
Purpose: Magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) has recently become commercially available, offering the opportunity to accurately image and target moving tumors as compared with computed tomography-guided radiation therapy (CTgRT) systems....
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Chin W, Huchim-Lara O, Ramachandran M, Endo B, Sprau S
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2019 Jun;
45(6):623-638.
PMID: 31158929
Introduction/background: Artisanal fishermen dive for sustenance. The lifetime prevalence of decompression sickness (DCS) in this population is alarmingly high. We wanted to understand the level of decompression stress fishermen in...
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Briceno-Souza E, Mendez-Dominguez N, Cardenas-Dajdaj R, Chin W, Huchim-Lara O
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2019 May;
46:217-220.
PMID: 31051069
Diving as a method of fishing is used worldwide in small-scale fisheries. However, one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among fishermen is decompression sickness (DCS). We report...
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Mendez-Dominguez N, Huchim-Lara O, Chin W, Carrillo-Arceo L, Camara-Koyoc I, Cardenas-Dajdaj R, et al.
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2018 Sep;
45(4):445-451.
PMID: 30241124
Introduction: Decompression sickness is endemic to small-scale fishermen-divers from coastal communities in southeast Mexico; overweight and obesity are also highly prevalent in the region. Existing literature suggests it is possible...
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Popa D, Chin W, Huchim-Lara O, Grover I
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2017 Nov;
44(5):415-419.
PMID: 29116696
Artisanal fishermen around the world employ scuba and surface-supplied diving for their livelihoods and often undergo provocative dive profiles due to economic pressures. Consequently, rates of decompression sickness (DCS) are...
7.
Chin W, Joo E, Ninokawa S, Popa D, Covington D
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2017 Nov;
44(5):399-405.
PMID: 29116694
Despite the fact that current decompression schedules reduce the risk of decompression sickness (DCS), recreational scuba divers continue to experience DCS. Therapy outcomes in these divers are difficult to track....
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Mendez N, Huchim-Lara O, Rivera-Canul N, Chin W, Tec J, Cordero-Romero S
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2017 Aug;
44(3):279-281.
PMID: 28779584
Introduction: In Yucatán, Mexico, during the sea cucumber season fishermen dive intensely to obtain good catches but are often at risk of decompression sickness (DCS). We present a single case...
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Huchim-Lara O, Chin W, Salas S, Rivera-Canul N, Cordero-Romero S, Tec J, et al.
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2017 Aug;
44(2):149-156.
PMID: 28777905
The probabilities of decompression sickness (DCS) among diving fishermen are higher than in any other group of divers. Diving behavior of artisanal fishermen has been directed mainly to target high-value...
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Chin W, Huchim-Lara O, Salas S
Undersea Hyperb Med
. 2017 Aug;
43(4):411-419.
PMID: 28763170
Artisanal fishermen in the Yucatán Peninsula utilize hookah dive systems (HDS). The air compressors in these HDS are not filtered, and the intake is near the engine exhaust. This proximity...