Intravenous Administration of Perfluorocarbon Emulsions as a Non-Recompression Therapy for Decompression Sickness
Decompression sickness (DCS) results from a sudden decrease in ambient pressure leading to super-saturation of tissues with inert gas and subsequent bubble formation within both tissues and blood. Perfluorocarbons (PFC) are able to dissolve vast amounts of non-polar gases. The administration of intr...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2008
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1555 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2554&context=etd |