Neurological disorders after repetitive breath-hold diving

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 971-973

  Gempp, Emmanuel ^a,c   Blatteau, Jean Eric ^b  

^a French Navy ^*  (France)

^b CEMPP   (France)

^c Institute of Naval Medicine   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial gas embolism; Breath hold diving; Decompression sickness; Patent foramen ovale; Right to left shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FLUSHING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; RESPIRATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33748261057     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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