Barotrauma and decompression illness of the inner ear: 46 Cases during treatment and follow-up

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-454

  Klingmann, Christoph ^a   Praetorius, Mark ^a   Baumann, Ingo ^a   Plinkert, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diving accidents; Eustachian tube dysfunction; Hearing loss; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Inner ear barotrauma; Inner ear decompression illness; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EAR DISEASE; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INNER EAR DECOMPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; AUDIOMETRY; COR PULMONALE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY; BAROTRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERTIGO;

EID: 34447632841     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318030d356     Document Type: Article

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