Altitude decompression sickness in a pilot wearing a pressure suit above 70,000 feet

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-359

  Pickard, Brian J ^a  

^a 9th Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; U 2

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IBUPROFEN; OXYGEN;

AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MAST SUIT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037381075     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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