High-altitude decompression illness: Case report and discussion

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 803-807

  Allan, G Michael ^a,b,c   Kenny, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt   (Canada)

^c 12 103 Clinical Sciences Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARMY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TRAINING; TRAVEL;

EID: 0142184323     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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