The emulsified perfluorocarbon Oxycyte improves spinal cord injury in a swine model of decompression sickness

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-192

  Mahon, R T ^a   Auker, C R ^a   Bradley, S G ^a   Mendelson, A ^a   Hall, A A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decompression illness; diving; neurological DCS; PFC

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; OXYCYTE; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODEL; EMULSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TAVLOV SCORE;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMULSIONS; FLUOROCARBONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWINE;

EID: 84874655533     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.135     Document Type: Article

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