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Document ID (ISN)23876
CIS number 75-1701
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Elliott D.H., Hallenbeck J.M., Bove A.A.
Title Acute decompression sickness.
Bibliographic information 16 Nov. 1974, Vol.2, No.7890, p.1193-1199. 92 ref.
Abstract Broad literature survey of the aetiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute decompression sickness, with a critical discussion of terminology. Attention is paid to recent theories that surface activity at the blood/gas interface of the intravascular bubble plays a role in the pathology of the more serious manifestations of this condition.
Descriptors (primary) decompression sickness
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; acute forms; aetiology; medical treatment; blood gases; diagnosis; medical prevention; symptoms
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Hyperbaric pressure