Relationship between adult victims of assault and children at risk of abuse.

Until further information is available we recommend that portable hyperbaric chambers must be used only to facilitate but not to delay descent when illness occurs at high altitude. We thank the Sezione Varallo of the Italian Alpine Club for providing the locations in the Capanna Margherita, and the Swiss Army for transporting some of the equipment. Methods of gas-balance control to be used with a portable hyperbaric chamber in the treatment of high altitude illness.Journal of Wilderness Medicine 1990;l: 165-80. 7 Taber RL. Protocols for the use of portable hyperbaric chamber for the treatment of high altitude disorders. Effect of a 3-hour recompression at 220 mbar on acute mountain sickness during climbing Mont-Blanc. portable, fabric hyperbaric chamber for treatment of high altitude pulmonary oedema. balance, fluid homeostasis and the reninaldosterone system during prolonged exercise of hill walking. et al. Enhanced exercise-induced rise of aldosterone and vasopressin preceding mountain sickness. Domestic violence is known to be linked with abuse and neglect of children, and its occurrence has been used to detect vulnerable children before abuse occurs.' Surveys of victims of violence have shown a preponderance of single young men,2 who are often in fights and consume more alcohol than controls matched for age and sex.3 We investigated the extent to which adult victims of violence are members of families in which children are known to be at risk of abuse. Methods and results During 1986-9 we prospectively collected data from adults who attended the accident and emergency department of Bristol Royal Infirmary with injuries resulting from violence. We interviewed the patients at initial attendance and at follow up and recorded details of the assault, police involvement, the patients' alcohol Details of adult victims of assault recorded in accident and emergency department ofBristol Royal Infirmary during 1986