Three cases of spinal decompression sickness treated by U.S. Navy Treatment Table 7

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Ito, Masataka ^a,b,c   Domoto, Hideharu ^b   Tadano, Yutaka ^a   Itoh, Atsushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Undersea Medical Center   (Japan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressed air diving; Decompression sickness; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Recompression therapy; Scuba diving; Spinal; U.S. Navy Treatment Table

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DYSURIA; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OXYGEN TOXICITY; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032928052     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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