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Descriptor
English
:
Decompression
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Descompresión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Descompressão
Tree Number:
E02.278
G01.374.715.250
Definition
English
:
Decompression
external to the body, most often the slow lessening of external
pressure
on the whole body (especially in caisson
workers
, deep sea divers, and
persons
who ascend to great heights) to prevent
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
. It includes also sudden accidental
decompression
, but not surgical (local)
decompression
or
decompression
applied through body openings.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
restrict to "decompression external to the body": not for surg
decompression
( =
DECOMPRESSION
, SURGICAL)
History Note
English
:
80(75)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
CT
contraindications
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
3677
Unique Identifier:
D003664
Occurrence in VHL
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