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Decompression sickness

Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from other…

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Divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, caisson disease
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Emergency medicine

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related to Timeline · 111
Decompression sickness → AAUS Dive, According, AGE, Albert, Alphonse Jaminet, Altitude DCS, Andrew Smith, Arterial Gas Embolism, As, Augustus Siebe, Behnke, Boycott, Brooklyn Bridge, Bubbles, Buhlmann, By, Bühlmann, Charles Pasley, Cochran NAVY, Compressed Air Illness
related to Pathophysiology · 17
Decompression sickness → As, Biochemical, Bubbles, DCI, Direct, Doppler, Extravascular, If, In, Inert, Kisslo, Moon, PFO, The, There, Various, Vascular
related to External links · 14
Decompression sickness → Andreas Møllerløkken, Archived, December, Divers Alert Network, Health TopicPathophysiology, Jan Risberg, MedscapeNorwegian Diving, NIOSH Workplace Safety, NOAACDC, Olav Sande Eftedal, Tables, Treatment Tables, Tunnel Workers, Wayback MachineDive Tables
related to Individual · 14
Decompression sickness → Age, Alcohol, DCS, Dehydration, Fat, In, Maintaining, Patent, Previous, Studies, The, There, This, Walder
related to Economics · 13
Decompression sickness → As, DCS, Divers Alert Network, Emergency, In, Many, National Health Service, September, The, This, United Kingdom, United States, US
related to Leaving a high-pressure environment · 13
Decompression sickness → Brooklyn Bridge, DCS, Eads Bridge, Ernest William Moir, Hudson River Tunnel, Manhattan, Moir, On, The, This, Washington Roebling, When, Workers
related to Diagnosis · 12
Decompression sickness → Although, An, CT, DCS, Decompression, Diagnosis, Divers Alert Network, In, MRI, The, This, Various
related to Prognosis · 12
Decompression sickness → DAN, DCS, However, Hyperbaric, Immediate, In, Long-term, These, Three-month, Type, Type II DCS, While
see also · 12
Decompression sickness → Aviation, Decompression, Diagnosis, Disorder, Disorders, In-water, Medical, Medicine, Physiological, Planned, Pressure, Theoretical
related to Mechanism · 10
Decompression sickness → Bubbles, DCS, Depressurisation, Henry's Law, If, In, On, The, These, Under

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decompression dcs pressure bubbles may sickness oxygen gas symptoms treatment risk altitude diving recompression cases divers dive body used hyperbaric

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Decompression sicknessOther namesDivers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, caisson disease1.00infobox
Decompression sicknessSpecialtyEmergency medicine1.00infobox
the Bühlmann tables require an ascent rate of 10 m/mininstance ofwhile recreational dive tables0.80text
trimixinstance ofBreathing gas mixtures0.80text
heliox include heliuminstance ofBreathing gas mixtures0.80text
which can also cause decompression sicknessinstance ofBreathing gas mixtures0.80text
jointsinstance ofExtravascular or autochthonous bubbles usually form in slow tissues0.80text
tendonsinstance ofExtravascular or autochthonous bubbles usually form in slow tissues0.80text
muscle sheathsinstance ofExtravascular or autochthonous bubbles usually form in slow tissues0.80text
ageinstance ofThe effects of physiological factors0.80text
physiqueinstance ofThe effects of physiological factors0.80text
fitnessinstance ofThe effects of physiological factors0.80text

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