| Descriptor English: | Decompression Sickness | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedad de Descompresión
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Doença da Descompressão | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Mal de décompression | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Bends Caisson Disease Caisson Diseases Disease, Caisson Diseases, Caisson Sickness, Decompression |
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| Tree number(s): |
C26.120.248 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003665 | ||||||
| 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. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| DeCS ID: | 3678 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D003665 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
Decompression Sickness
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0005736 |
| 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. |
| Preferred term | Decompression Sickness |
| Entry term(s) |
Bends Caisson Disease Caisson Diseases Disease, Caisson Diseases, Caisson Sickness, Decompression |
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