Recurrent pulmonary barotrauma in scuba diving and the risks of future hyperbaric exposures: A case report

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Carpenter, C R ^a  

^a Box 99190 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Mediastinal emphysema; Pneumopericardium; Recurrent pulmonary barotrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAROTRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INJURY; LUNG; MALE; NECK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; BAROTRAUMA; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUNG; MALE; NECK; RECURRENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0031225306     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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