Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations.
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, Journal Article
Moon, RE; Mitchell, S
Published in: Undersea Hyperb Med
Decompression sickness (DCS, "bends") is caused by formation of bubbles in tissues and/or blood when the sum of dissolved gas pressures exceeds ambient pressure (supersaturation). This may occur when ambient pressure is reduced during any of the following: ascent from a dive; depressurization of a hyperbaric chamber; rapid ascent to altitude in an unpressurised aircraft or hypobaric chamber; loss of cabin pressure in an aircraft [2] and during space walks.
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Published In
Undersea Hyperb Med
ISSN
1066-2936
Volume
46
Issue
5
Start / End Page
685 / 693
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time-to-Treatment
- Physiology
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Humans
- Decompression Sickness
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Moon, R. E., & Mitchell, S. (n.d.). Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations. Undersea Hyperb Med, 46(5), 685–693.
Moon, Richard E., and Simon Mitchell. “Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations.” Undersea Hyperb Med 46, no. 5 (n.d.): 685–93.
Moon RE, Mitchell S. Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations. Undersea Hyperb Med. 46(5):685–93.
Moon, Richard E., and Simon Mitchell. “Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations.” Undersea Hyperb Med, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 685–93.
Moon RE, Mitchell S. Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations. Undersea Hyperb Med. 46(5):685–693.
Published In
Undersea Hyperb Med
ISSN
1066-2936
Volume
46
Issue
5
Start / End Page
685 / 693
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time-to-Treatment
- Physiology
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Humans
- Decompression Sickness
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences