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DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

SYNONIMS
CAISSON DISEASE
BENDS
STAGGERS
CHOKES ANDAEROEMBOLISM

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
A. TYPE I (PAIN ONLY)
LIMB PAIN
LYMPHATIC MANIFESTATIONS
CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS
B. TYPE II (SERIOUS)
CARDIOPULMONARY
CEREBRAL
SPINAL
VESTIBULAR

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
PREDISPOSING FACTORS
EXERCISE
LOCAL INJURY
COLD WATER
AGE
DEHYDRATION
CARBON DIOXIDE

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
TREATMENT
RECOMPRESSION
5,6 US NAVY TABLES
COMEX TABLES
GERS MER TABLES
HYDRATION
STEROID
HEPARINE
ASPIRIN

O2 TREATMENT TABLE 5

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AIR TREATMENT TABLE


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AIR TREATMENT TABLE

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