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Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Moon, RE; Mitchell, SJ
Published in: Undersea Hyperb Med
2021

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 unpressurized aircraft or hypobaric chamber; loss of cabin pressure in an aircraft; and during space walks.

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Published In

Undersea Hyperb Med

ISSN

1066-2936

Publication Date

2021

Volume

48

Issue

2

Start / End Page

195 / 203

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Physiology
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Humans
  • First Aid
  • Diving
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Altitude
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Moon, R. E., & Mitchell, S. J. (2021). Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness. Undersea Hyperb Med, 48(2), 195–203.
Moon, Richard E., and Simon J. Mitchell. “Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness.Undersea Hyperb Med 48, no. 2 (2021): 195–203.
Moon RE, Mitchell SJ. Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2021;48(2):195–203.
Moon, Richard E., and Simon J. Mitchell. “Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness.Undersea Hyperb Med, vol. 48, no. 2, 2021, pp. 195–203.
Moon RE, Mitchell SJ. Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2021;48(2):195–203.

Published In

Undersea Hyperb Med

ISSN

1066-2936

Publication Date

2021

Volume

48

Issue

2

Start / End Page

195 / 203

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Physiology
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Humans
  • First Aid
  • Diving
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Altitude
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences