pulmonary barotrauma
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pulmonary barotrauma
Sports medicine Life-threatening barotrauma seen in divers Clinical Mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema produces changes in voice, dyspnea, dysphagia, supraclavicular crepitus, typical findings on chest and neck films; pneumothorax may cause abrupt pain, dyspnea Sequelae Arterial air embolism caused by passage of gas into pulmonary veins and thence to the systemic circulation; gas bubbles lodged in small arteries may occlude segments of the cerebral, coronary, and other systemic vascular beds, resulting in a stroke-like syndrome ranging from mild neurologic defects to collapse, unconsciousness, and death once the diver surfaces. See Barotrauma. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Green, "
Pulmonary barotrauma in divers and the treatment of cerebral arterial gas embolism," Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, vol.
A post mortem examination found the cause of her death to be
pulmonary barotrauma - which means the gas in her lungs expanded.
This is especially important with
pulmonary barotrauma.
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