Risk factors and treatment outcome in scuba divers with spinal cord decompression sickness

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-242

  Gempp, Emmanuel ^a   Blatteau, Jean Eric ^a  

^a Ste Anne's Military Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUFLOMEDIL; HELIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953287753     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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