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DIVING MEDICINE:

Understanding and Managing Decompression Sickness

R. Duncan Kirkby, Ph.D.

Antilles Institute for Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine

INDEX

Chapter 1: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF A CURIOSITY-DEPENDENT ILLNESS
 
Chapter 2: PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
 
Chapter 3: PROBLEMS WITH DIAGNOSIS OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS BY DIVERS
 
Chapter 4: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: FACTORS AFFECTING THE RISK
 
Chapter 5: GASEOUS EXCHANGE AND THE EXPRESSION OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
 
Chapter 6: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR RECOMPRESSION THERAPY
 
Chapter 7: RECOMPRESSION THERAPY FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
 
Chapter 8: ROUTINE PROBLEMS AND RISKS DURING TREATMENT
 
Chapter 9: TOXIC EFFECTS OF OXYGEN
 
Chapter 10: EXPRESSION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF GAS EMBOLISM
 
Chapter 11: FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY, TREATMENT, AND ASSESSMENT

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For additional information pertaining to decompression sickness and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the author directs readers to the websites of Divers' Alert Network (http://www.diversalertnetwork.org) and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (http://www.uhms.org).