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Also known as divers' disease, the bends, caisson disease, aerobullosis, DCS, aeroembolism, barotrauma

disorder caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution

Key facts

Other names
Divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, caisson disease
Specialty
Emergency medicine

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Health references

ICD-10
T70.3XXA — Caisson disease [decompression sickness], initial encounter
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine (ICD-10-CM · MedlinePlus). Not medical advice.

Research

4,478 papers

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Clinical Trials

64 registered

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
disease
Image
Decompression chamber.jpg
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health specialty
occupational medicine
Commons category
Decompression sickness
has cause
decompression
has immediate cause
nucleation
possible treatment
diving chamber
symptoms and signs
arthralgia
different from
air embolism
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