Hyperbaric oxygen—100 percent oxygen at two to three times the atmospheric pressure at
sea level—can result in arterial oxygen tension in excess of 2000 mm Hg1 and oxygen …

Background Decompression illness (DCI) is due to bubble formation in the blood or tissues
following the breathing of compressed gas. Clinically, DCI may range from a trivial illness to …

The success of any space flight mission depends not only on advanced technology but also
on the health and well-being of crew members. This book, written by an astronaut physician …

Concise yet comprehensive, the Biomedical Technology and Devices Handbook illuminates
the equipment, devices, and techniques used in modern medicine to diagnose, treat, and …

This resource remains the leading text on diving medicine, written to fulfil the requirements
of any general physician wishing to advise their patients appropriately when a diving trip is …

Guidelines for the pre-hospital management of decompression illness (DCI) had not been
formally revised since the 2004 Divers Alert Network/Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical …

In saturation diving, divers stay under pressure until most of their tissues are saturated with
breathing gas. Divers spend a long time in isolation exposed to increased partial pressure of …

Decompression sickness (DCS,“bends”) is caused by the formation of bubbles in tissues
and/or blood when the sum of dissolved gas pressures exceeds ambient pressure …

Decompression sickness (DCS) is a clinical syndrome occurring usually within 24 hours of a
reduction in ambient pressure. DCS occurs most commonly in divers ascending from a …

Penile amputation is a rare genitourinary tract injury. The majority of cases are the result of
self-mutilation in psychiatric patients [1-3]. Though rare, successful replantation of penile …