Relationship between the clinical features of neurological decompression illness and its causes

Clinical Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Wilmshurst, Peter ^a   Bryson, Philip ^b  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hyperbaric Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways obstruction; Atrial septal defects; Cerebral decompression illness; Contrast echocardiography; Decompression sickness; Gas embolism; Lung function tests; Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; Pulmonary barotrauma; Smoking; Spinal decompression illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0033926454     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0990065     Document Type: Article

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