Neurological manifestation of arterial gas embolism following standard altitude chamber flight: A case report

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1025-1028

  Rios Tejada, Francisco ^a,b   Azofra Garcia, Jose ^a   Valle Garrido, Jose ^a   Escudero, Angel Pujante ^a  

^a Ctro de Instruct de Med A   (Spain)

^b Aeromedical Br Inst Aerosp Med   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FLIGHT; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSARTHRIA; EMBOLISM, AIR; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030732866     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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