<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Diabetes is an “epidemic of the 21st century” and it is estimated that in 2011 6.7% of Poland’s population suffered from diabetes, one quarter of which was unaware of the disease. Such a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus results in an increasing number of physicians being confronted with the problem of qualifying patient with diabetes to partake in amateur sports, including diving. This publication presents the most important information concerning risk assessment, admission of diabetic patients to amateur diving and some proposed protocols of management before and during sport practice.</p></abstract>

Diabetes is an “epidemic of the 21st century” and it is estimated that in 2011 6.7% of Poland’s population suffered from diabetes, one quarter of which was unaware of the disease. Such a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus results in an increasing number of physicians being confronted with the problem of qualifying patient with diabetes to partake in amateur sports, including diving. This publication presents the most important information concerning risk assessment, admission of diabetic patients to amateur diving and some proposed protocols of management before and during sport practice.

Diabetic Patients Who are Amateur Divers

Clinic of Internal Diseases and Diabetology 10th Military Research Hospital with Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz

Clinic of Cardiology and Cardiothorasic Surgery 10th Military Research Hospital with Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz

Department and Faculty of Food Chemistry of Nicolaus

Copernicus University in Toruń Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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Diabetes is an “epidemic of the 21st century” and it is estimated that in 2011 6.7% of Poland’s population suffered from diabetes, one quarter of which was...

Diabetic Patients Who are Amateur Divers

Publicado en línea: 03 ene 2019

Páginas: 39 - 44

Recibido: 22 jun 2018

Aceptado: 02 ago 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2018-0017

Palabras clave
diabetes mellitus, recreational diving

© 2018 Daria Ługowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Diabetic Patients Who are Amateur Divers

Publicado en línea: 03 ene 2019

Páginas: 39 - 44

Recibido: 22 jun 2018

Aceptado: 02 ago 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2018-0017

Palabras clavediabetes mellitus, recreational diving

© 2018 Daria Ługowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
diabetes mellitus, recreational diving