Pulmonary cyst and cerebral arterial gas embolism in a hypobaric chamber: A case report

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-176

  Cable, Gordon G ^a   Keeble, Tony ^a   Wilson, Greg ^a  

^a Royal Australian Air Force   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Air embolism; Barotrauma; Decompression illness; Pulmonary surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; LUNG CYST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BAROTRAUMA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033960001     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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