Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine

Résumé du livre

New edition of a text (first, 1990) treating a controversial branch of medicine which grew out of the problems encountered by divers exposed to high pressures, and overlaps with diving medicine in the areas of the effect of high pressure on the human body, physical exercise under hyperbaric environments, air embolism, and decompression sickness. Jain, with some contributions from other authors, discusses basic physical, physiological, and biochemical aspects of hyperbaric oxygenation and explores its clinical applications in treating infections, wounds, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and a wide range of other maladies and conditions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR