Bubble trouble: A review of diving physiology and disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 997, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Levett, D Z H ^a,c   Millar, I L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Charterhouse Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DENSITY; DIVING; DROWNING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPOSURE; GAS; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TOXICITY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

BAROTRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; INERT GAS NARCOSIS; OXYGEN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 58149240566     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.068320     Document Type: Review

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