Document ID (ISN) | 30002 |
CIS number |
78-1726 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0340-7047 - Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Prophylaxe |
Year |
1978 |
Convention or series no. |
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Title |
Caisson disease - Report on an unusual course |
Original title |
Zur Problematik der Caissonkrankheit - Bericht über eine ungewöhnliche Verlaufsform [in German] |
Bibliographic information |
May 1978, p.136-139. Illus. 13 ref. |
Abstract |
Review of the physiopathological processes and symptoms corresponding to the 3 phases of caisson disease: compression, isocompression, decompression. Description of a case characterised by myocardial infarction, severe dehydration and shock: course of the compression, decompression and recompression phases, clinical symptoms, treatment. Differential diagnosis is discussed. The danger of disturbing the water and electrolyte balance during recompression is stressed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
water and electrolyte balance; recompression; decompression sickness |
Descriptors (secondary) |
myocardial infarction; evolution of disease; medical treatment; symptoms; dehydration; case study |
Document type |
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Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold Hyperbaric pressure
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