Decompression illness in divers: A review of the literature

Neurologist

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 186-202

  Barratt, Diana Marie ^a   Harch, Paul G ^a   Van Meter, Keith ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial gas embolism; Decompression illness; Decompression sickness; Hyperbaric oxygen

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN EMBOLISM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NAVY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPORT; ULTRASOUND; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036271260     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127893-200205000-00005     Document Type: Article

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