美国高空减压病专题讨论会及近年工作简介

介绍了美国高空减压病专题讨论会的主要内容，并对1990年以来在该领域的工作进行了简要的回顾。会议主要讨论了有关①提高体内气泡的检测技术水平；②卵圆孔未闭合在发病过程中的作用；③新的减压病分型标准；④神经系统检查的重要性；⑤预防方法的改进提高；⑥患病飞行员的放飞标准及航天飞行中减压病的预防等内容，反映了国外目前及日后研究的主要方向，对国内高空减压病的基础研究和临床工作具有一定参考价值。

Introduction of altitude decompression sickness workshop held in USA and brief review of recent works

Discussions about altitude decompression sickness (ADS) in the workshop held in American was briefed and research works in this field since 1990 was simply reviewed as well. The main contents of discussion includes the progress of echo imaging technique in detecting the bubble in living body, the relationship between patent foramen ovale and type II ADS, new classification criteria for ADS,the significance of neurological examination for ADS patients,the improved rnethods for ADS pre-vention recovering standards for ADS pilots and prevention of ADS in space flight. These ref1ected fu-ture research direction abroad. Itisbeneficialtoourresearchworkandclinicalpractice about ADS.