Operation Everest III (Comex'97): Altitude-induced decompression sickness during a hypobaric chamber experiment. Necessity for circulating venous gas emboli monitoring for the investigators

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 173-177

  Molenat, Florence ^a   Boussuges, Alain ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier du Paix d'Aix   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Comex'97; Decompression sickness; Operation Everest III; Venous gas emboli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLIGHT; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; MALE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SYMPTOM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036157876     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.1.173     Document Type: Article

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