Table 3 List of contraindication to hyperbaric exposures in OSHA standards
From: Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine as a Branch of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
System | Disorders that may restrict or limit occupational exposure |
|---|---|
Neurology | History of seizure disorder other than early febrile convulsions |
| Â | Chronic inability to equalize sinus and/or middle ear pressure |
Otorhinolaryngology | Meniere’s disease |
| Â | Vestibular end-organ destruction |
Hematology | Hemoglobinopathies |
Pulmonalogy | Cystic or cavitary disease of the lungs |
Obstructive or restrictive lung disease | |
Pneumothorax | |
Cardiology | Cardiac abnormalities (e.g., pathologic heart block, valvular disease, intraventricular conduction defects other than isolated right bundle branch block, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, coronary artery disease) |
Other | Malignancies (active) unless treated and without recurrence for 5 yr |
Impaired organ function caused by alcohol or drug use | |
Conditions requiring continous medication for control | |
| Â | (e.g., antihistamines, steroids, barbiturates, mood altering drugs, or insulin) |