Concept information
Preferred term
High Pressure Neurological Syndrome
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- High Pressure Nervous Syndrome
- High Pressure Neural Syndrome
- HPNS
- HPNSs
Note
- in divers; do not confuse with INERT GAS NARCOSIS
Scope note
- A syndrome related to increased atmospheric pressure and characterized by tremors, nausea, dizziness, decreased motor and mental performance, and SEIZURES. This condition may occur in those who dive deeply (c. 1000 ft) usually while breathing a mixture of oxygen and helium. The condition is associated with a neuroexcitatory effect of helium.
History note
- 2000(1986)
In other languages
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Finnish
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korkean paineen aiheuttama hermosto-oireyhtymä
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korkean paineen aiheuttama hermostosyndrooma
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korkean paineen aiheuttama neurologinen syndrooma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006610
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