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Occupational Diseases > High Pressure Neurological Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > High Pressure Neurological Syndrome

Preferred term

High Pressure Neurological Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006610

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