Diving Medicine
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Saunders
Published: October 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780721694245
Subjects: Diving & hyperbaric medicine; Respiratory medicine; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Sports Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Diving; Naval Medicine; Submarine medicine
Description: Covers basic diving physiology; the pathophysiology of decompression sickness; maritime toxicology; assessment of fitness for diving; special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric divers; diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic disease, and much more, with new chapters on the kinetics of intert gas, marine poisoning and intoxication, and diabetes and diving.