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Hyperbaric oxygen pre-breathe modifies the outcome of decompression sickness

Hyperbaric oxygen pre-breathe modifies the outcome of decompression sickness

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Hyperbaric oxygen pre-breathe modifies the outcome of decompression sickness

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Hyperbaric oxygen pre-breathe modifies the outcome of decompression sickness

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United States: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

Journal title

Undersea & hyperbaric medicine, 2006-11, Vol.33 (6), p.407-417

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English

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United States: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

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Deep sea divers, aviators and astronauts are at risk of decompression sickness when the ambient pressure reductions exceed a critical threshold. Venous bubbles associated with decompression sickness have the potential to react with the vascular membrane and adjacent blood products, eliciting an inflammatory cascade. Preventive measures usually invo...

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Hyperbaric oxygen pre-breathe modifies the outcome of decompression sickness

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68313272

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68313272

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1066-2936

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