Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for air or gas embolism

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Moon, R E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; VEIN;

ARTERIES; EMBOLISM, AIR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; PATIENT SELECTION; VEINS;

EID: 84899449515     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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