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Barotrauma

Medical Definition: Injury following pressure changes; includes injury to the eustachian tube, ear drum, lung and stomach.
Guide Notes: inj caused by pressure changes: not restricted to ear; IM; coord with organ injured by pressure with /inj; also available is BLAST INJURIES
Previously Indexed: Decompression Sickness (1966-1978),Pressure (1966-1978)
Barotrauma Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Blast Injuries - Injuries resulting when a person is struck by particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nevous system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Decompression Sickness - A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.

Barotrauma Medical Definitions and Terms

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