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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Decompression Sickness
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedad de Descompresión
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença da Descompressão
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Synonyms English:
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Caisson Diseases
Disease, Caisson
Diseases, Caisson
Sickness, Decompression
Bends
Caisson Disease
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Tree Number:
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C26.120.248
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Definition English:
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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. |
Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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3678
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Unique Identifier:
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D003665
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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