Differential diagnostic problems of decompression sickness - Examples from specialist physicians' practices in diving medicine

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Petri, Nadan M ^a   Andrić, Dejan ^a  

^a Naval Medical Institute Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Differential diagnosis; Diving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CROATIA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVER; DIVING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PANIC; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH RUPTURE; SYMPTOM; TOURISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0037280133     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(02)00458-7     Document Type: Article

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