The need for optimisation of post-dive ultrasound monitoring to properly evaluate the evolution of venous gas emboli

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-146

  Lesley Blogg, S ^a   Gennser, Mikael ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Decompression; Diving; Doppler; Review article

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VENOUS GAS EMBOLUS; AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GOAT; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; GOATS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80155146577     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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