"Decompression Sickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
Concept/Terms
Decompression Sickness- Decompression Sickness
- Sickness, Decompression
- Caisson Disease
- Caisson Diseases
- Disease, Caisson
- Diseases, Caisson
- Bends
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decompression Sickness" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Decompression Sickness" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Decompression Sickness" by people in Profiles.
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Case Presentations of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies: Weakness after Diving. J Emerg Med. 2019 03; 56(3):332-336.
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Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for a diver with DCI: case report. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2018 Jul-Aug; 45(4):473-479.
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MRI findings in cervical spinal cord type II neurological decompression sickness: a case report. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2014 Nov-Dec; 41(6):599-603.
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Patent foramen ovale influences the presentation of decompression illness in SCUBA divers. Heart Lung Circ. 2015 Jan; 24(1):26-31.
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy for pulmonary decompression illness. Crit Care. 2014 Jun 20; 18(3):438.
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Portal venous gas on computed tomography imaging in patients with decompression sickness. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jul; 45(1):e7-11.
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Altitude decompression sickness incidence among U-2 pilots: 1994-2010. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2012 Oct; 83(10):968-74.
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Vascular hyperpermeability in pulmonary decompression illness: 'the chokes'. Emerg Med Australas. 2012 Aug; 24(4):460-2.
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Symmetrical femoral vein bubble caused by decompression illness. Emerg Med J. 2012 Jun; 29(6):518.
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Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Mar 22; 279(1731):1041-50.