Scuba divers' pulmonary oedema. A review

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 226-231

  Edmonds, Carl ^a  

^a SPUMS ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Immersion; Pulmonary oedema; Review article; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGY; ASPIRATION; BAROTRAUMA; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVING; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FIRST AID; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MYOCARDITIS; OXYGEN TENSION; REVIEW; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; TOXIC INHALATION; WATER IMMERSION; WEAKNESS; WHEEZING;

EID: 75149182441     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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