Delayed recompression after SCUBA diving-induced barotrauma: A case report

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 266-268

  Tirpitz, D ^a   Schepke, J D ^b  

^a St Joseph Hospital   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUNG; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029919243     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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