Concept information
Preferred term
Decompression Sickness
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Bends
- Caisson Disease
- Caisson Diseases
- Disease, Caisson
- Diseases, Caisson
Scope note
- A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.
In other languages
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Finnish
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compressed air disease
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dekompressiotauti
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morbus decompressionalis
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paineilmatauti
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sukeltajanhalvaus
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Swedish
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Dekompressionssjukdom
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Dykarsjuka
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Flygsjuka
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Kassunsjuka
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003665
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