Isolated pulmonary oedema associated with SCUBA diving

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-276

  Grindlay, Joanne ^a,b   Mitchell, Simon ^a,c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (New Zealand)

^c Hyperbaric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure ventilation; Pulmonary oedema; SCUBA diving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012222197     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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