Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness: 2021 update
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Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness: 2021 update Decompression sickness (DCS, “bends”) is caused by the formation of bubbles in tissues and/or blood when the sum of dissolved gas pressures exceeds ambient pressure (supersaturation). This may occur when ambient pressure is reduced during: ascent from a dive; rapid ascent to altitude in an unpressurized aircraft or hypobaric chamber; loss of cabin pressure in an aircraft [2]; and during space walks. In diving, compressed-gas breathing is usually necessary, although occasionally DCS has occurred after either repetitive or very deep breath-hold dives
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