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HYPERBARIC MEDICINE LIBRARY KEYWORDS -See Rear Pages for Abbreviations HYPERBARIC MEDICINE LIBRARY KEYWORDS -see rear pages for abbreviations 3ATA 02 AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION 3ATA/6ATA ALCOHOL INTOXICATION 3-NITROTYROSINE ALKALI BURN 5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS 5-FLUOROURACIL ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID A-LIPOIC ACID ALPHA-TOXIN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM ALTERNARIOSIS ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ABDOMINAL PAIN ALTERNOBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY ABI ALTERNOBARIC VERTIGO ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA ALTITUDE ACELLULAR MATRICE ALTITUDE CAGE ACETUZOLAMIDE ALTITUDE DCS ACIDEMIA ALTITUDE PROVOCATION ACIDOSIS ALTITUDE SICKNESS ACIVICIN ALUMINUM ACCLIMATIZATION ALUM INSTILLATION ACOUSTIC EXPOSURE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ACOUSTIC TRAUMA AMA DIVERS ACTINOMYCOSIS AMANITA PHALLOIDES ACUTE ISCHEMIA AMINOGLYCOSIDES ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE AMINOPHYLLINE ACUTE PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL AMNESIA INSUFFICIENCY AMPHOTERICIN B ACUTE PSYCHOSIS AMPUTATION ACUTE RADIATION EFFECTS AMRON HOOD ACUTE TRAUMATIC ISCHEMIA ANAEROBIC INFECTION ACUTE WOUNDS ANAESTHESIA ADDITIVE EFFECT ANAL MANOMETRY ADHESION MOLECULES ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK ADIPOSE TISSUE ANASTOMOSIS ADMINISTRATIVE ANATOMIC DISTRIBUTION ADP ANEMIA ADRENALECTOMY ANEURYSM ADRIAMYCIN ANGINA AEROBIC CAPACITY ANGIOGENESIS AEROBIC INFECTION ANGIOGRAPHY AFTERDROP ANGIOPLASTY AGING ANGIOPOIETIN AIDS ANGIOSOMES AIR BREAKS ANGIOTENSIN AIR COMPRESSOR ANIMAL BITE AIR EVACUATION ANKLE SPRAIN AIR SATURATION ANKLE TO BRACHIAL INDEX AIR QUALITY ANOREXIA NERVOSA AIRCRAFT ANOXEMIA AIRCRAFT FIRES ANTERIOR SEGMENT ISCHEMIA ~ REVISED JUNE 2021 ~ ANTIBIOTICS AUTOREGULATION ANTI CANCER DRUGS AXIAL PATTERN FLAP ANTICOAGULANTS BACTERIAL BIOFILMS ANTIDIURETIC ENZYME BACTERIAL RESISTANCE ANTIDOTES BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS BALDNESS ANTINOCICEPTIVE RESPONSE BALLOON SICKNESS ANTIOXIDANTS BAROMEDICAL PIONEERS ANTIPLATELET DRUGS BAROPARESIS ANTISEPTICS BAROTRAUMA ANTITOXIN THERAPY BASIL GANGLIA ANTIVENOM BATTERY OPERATED EQUIPMENT ANTIVIRAL EFFECTS B-CAROTENE ANTON’S SYNDROME BELL’S PALSY APLIGRAFT BENCHMARKING APPENDICITIS BERT APPOPURINAL BERTIN APOLIPOPROTEIN E BEVACIZUMAB APOPTOSIS B-ENDORPHIN AQUEOUS OXYGEN BINSWANGER’S DISEASE ARDS BIOBURDEN ARGINASE BIOCHEMICAL DECOMPRESSION ARGON BIOCHEMICAL MARKER ARGON LASER BIOENGINEERED TISSUE ARGON-OXYGEN BIOLOGICAL ZERO ARMSTRONG’S LINE BIOMEDICAL MONITORING ARRHYTHMIA BIRTH HYPOXIA ARTEMISININ BISPHOSPHONATE ARTERIAL BUBBLES BLADDER DYSFUNCTION ARTERIAL LESIONS BLADDER RUPTURE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION BLAST INJURY ARTHRALGIA BLEOMYCIN ARTHRITIC DISEASES BLEPHAROPLASTY ARTHROSCOPY BLISTERING ASEPTIC BONE NECROSIS BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER ASPERGILLUS BLOOD FLOW ASTHMA BLOOD GAS INTERFACE ASTROCYTOMA BLOOD GASES ASTRONAUTS BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA ATHEROSCLEROSIS BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE ATP BLOOD NERVE BARRIER ATPI BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BLOOD SUBSTITUTES ATRIAL SEPTIC DEFECT BLOOD TRANSFUSION ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA BLOOD VISCOSITY ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY AUTISM BLUNT TRAUMA AUTOCHTHONOUS BUBBLES BOATING ACCIDENTS AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE BODY FAT AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS BOEREMA AUTONOMIC NERVOUS FUNCTION BONE GRAFTING AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM BONE GROWTH AUTOPSY BONE HEALING BONE MARROW CARBON DIOXIDE BONE MATRIX CARBON DISULFIDE BONE MARROW EMBOLI CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT CARBON TETRACHLORIDE BONE NECROSIS CARDIAC ARREST BONE REMODELING CARDIAC ENZYMES BONE SCAN CARDIAC INJURY BOUNCE DIVING CARDIAC MONITORING BRACHYTHERAPY CARDIAC OUTPUT BRAIN ABSCESS CARDIAC STENT BRAIN CONTUSION CARDIAC SURGERY BRAIN IMAGING CARDIOPROTECTION BREAD MOLD CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS BREAST IMPLANTS CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION BREATH ANALYSIS CARDIOSEAL BREATH-HOLD DIVING CARDIOTOXICITY BREATHING GAS CONTAMINATION CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS BROMOCRIPTINE CARIES BRONCHIAL STENOSIS CAROTIAL BODY BRONCHOGENIC CYST CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION BRONCHOSCOPY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER CAT SCAN BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME CATALASE BRUISING CATARACTS BUBBLE DETECTION CATECHOLAMINE BUBBLE DISSOLUTION CCL4 BUBBLE FORMATION CECAL LIGATION BUBBLE GROWTH CELL CYCLE BUBBLE PRODUCTION TEMPERATURE CELL SIGNALING BULLOUS DISEASES CELLULAR DEHYDRATION BUNRKHOLDERIA CEPACIA CELLULITIS BURNS CEMENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM BURSTING STRENGTH CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY BURULI ULCER CEPHALOTHIN BUTTON DEVICE CEREBRAL ABSCESS C. DIFFICILE CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY C. MYONECROSIS CEREBRAL ANOXIA C. PERFRINGENS CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW C. SEPTICUM CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY C. TETANI CEREBRAL EDEMA CA RECURRENCE CEREBRAL LESION CAFFEINE CEREBRAL METABOLISM CAGE CEREBRAL PALSY CAISSON WORKERS CEREBRAL RESUSCITATION CALCIFICATION CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION CALCIPHYLAXIS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CANDIDA ALBICANS CERVICAL CANCER CAPACITANCE CERVICAL-MEDIASTINAL ABSCESS CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME CERVICAL MYELOPATHY CAPILLARY MICROSCOPY CERVICAL ORN CARBOGEN CHAMBER DESIGN CARBOPLATIN CHAMBER FIRE ~ REVISED JUNE 2021 ~ CHANDLER CLASSIFICATION COLD INJURY CHARCOAL BARBECUES COLITIS CHEMICAL WARMING DEVICES COLLAGEN CHEMOLYSIS COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS CHEMORADIATION COLONIC ANASTOMOSIS CHEMOSENSITIVITY COLONOSCOPY CHEMOTHERAPY COLOR FLOW DOPPLER CHEST TRAUMA COLOVAGINAL FISTULA CHIASM COMA CHOKES COMMERCIAL DIVING CHOLECYSTECTOMY COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH CHOLINERGIC AGENTS COMPARTMENT SYNDROME CHONDROITIN SULFATE COMPLAMIN CHOREA COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION CHROMOSOMES COMPLIANCE CHRONIC ANAL FISSURE COMPLICATIONS CHRONIC BRAIN INJURY COMPOSITE GRAFTS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME COMPRESSED AIR THERAPY CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE COMPRESSION EFFECTS CHRONIC HEPATITIS COMPROMISED HOST CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE CONCURRENT RADIATION CHRONIC REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROM CONCRETE CHAMBER CIGARETTE SMOKING CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY CIS-PLATINUM CONIDIOBOLUS CLAUDICATION CONSENSUS STATEMENT CLAUSTROPHOBIA CONSEQUENTIAL LATE EFFECTS CLEFT PALATE REPAIR CONSORT STATEMENT CLINDAMYCIN CONTACT LENSES CLINICAL ENDPOINT CONTRACEPTIVES CLINICAL OUTCOME CONTRAINDICATIONS CLINICAL PRIVILEGES CONTRAST MEDIUM CLINICAL STAGING CONTROLLED TRIAL CLINICAL TRIAL COOMBS TEST CLODRONATE COPD CLOSED-CIRCUIT SCUBA CORNEAL ALLOGRAFT CLOSTRIDIAL INFECTIONS CORONARY ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM CLUSTER HEADACHE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE CNS DYSFUNCTION CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION CO CORONER'S REPORT COAGULATION CORNEAL BURN COCHRANE REVIEW COSMETIC SURGERY CO ELIMINATION COUMADIN CO-OXIMETER COUNTERDIFFUSION CO UPTAKE COVID-19 CO/CN DISPARITY COX FUNCTION COCHLEAR IMPLANT CPR COCHLEAR IMPLANT FLAP CRANIOTOMY COGAN’S SYNDROME C-REACTIVE PROTEIN COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION CREATININE COGNITIVE FUNCTION CREDENTIALING GUIDELINES COHB BIOMARKER CRITICAL CARE COHB COMPARISON CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA COHB/SYMPTOM DISPARITY CROHN'S DISEASE COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE CROM CROM STAGING DEHYDRATION CROWDFUNDING DELAYED BAROTRAUMA CHRONIC WOUNDS DELAYED GAS ELIMINATION CRUSH INJURY DEMENTIA CRUSH SYNDROME DEMYELINATION CRYOSURGERY DENS CSF DENTAL EXTRACTIONS CT-ARTHROGRAPHY DENTAL IMPLANT SURGERY CUNNINGHAM DENTAL PAIN CUTANEOUS BLOOD FLOW DENTAL RESTORATION CUTANEOUS EFFECTS DENTASCAN CUTANEOUS LESIONS DEPRESSION CUTANEOUS POLYARTERITIS NODOSA DERMAL FLUOROMETRY CUTANEOUS WARMING DETECTION DEVICE CUTIS MARMORATA DEXTRAN CVA DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS CYANIDE DIABETIC FOOTWEAR CYANIDE ANTIDOTES DIABETIC GANGRENE CYANOSIS DIABETIC NEUROPATHY CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY CYCLOSPORINE DIABETIC ULCERS CYPROHEPTADINE DIABETIC WOUND INFECTION CYSTITIS DIABETIC WOUNDS CYSTECTOMY DIAMOX CYSTOSCOPY DIARRHEA CYTOCHROME OXIDASE DIC CYTOKINE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CYTOTOXICITY DIFFERENTIAL LUNG VENTILATION DACTINOMYCIN DIGITALIS DAKIN'S SOLUTION DIGITAL CLUBBING DANTROLENE SODIUM DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAPSONE DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE DATA SAFETY MONITORING DIMETHYLTHIOUREA DCS DISC DEGENERATION DCS PREDICTABILITY DISCITIS DCS PREVENTION DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS DE ALMEIDA DISULFIRAM DEBRIDEMENT DIURESIS DECOMPRESSION EFFECTS DIVE COMPUTERS DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES DIVERS ALERT NETWORK DECOMPRESSION SCHEDULE DIVING MEDICAL KIT DECONGESTANTS DIVING MEDICINE DECREASED FLUID REQUIREMENTS DIVING MYTHS DECREASED GRAFTING REQUIREMENTS DNA DECUBITUS ULCERS DOG BITE DEEP DIVING DOPPLER DETECTION DEEP-SLEEP-INDUCING PEPTIDE DOSE FRACTIONATION DEEP STOP DOSE RESPONSE CURVE DEFIBRILLATOR DOXORUBICIN DEGASSED LIQUIDS DOXYCYCLINE DEGLOVING INJURY DRG'S DEHISENCE DROWNING ~ REVISED JUNE 2021 ~ DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM EPIPHYSEAL DRUG RESISTANCE EPITHELIALIZATION DRUG THERAPY EPOPROSTENOL DRY DIVES EPPENDORF ELECTRODE DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE EQUIPMENT DYSRHYTHMIAS ERECTILE FUNCTION E. COLI ERGOGENIC EFFECT EAR BURNS ERYTHROPOIETIN EAR REPLANTATION ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA EARLY DIAGNOSIS ESOPHAGEAL DILATION EARLY ONSET SEIZURE ESOPHAGECTOMY EBULLISM ETHANOL ECG ETHICAL ISSUES ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ETHICS ECMO ETIOLOGY ECONOMICS EUSTACHIAN TUBE EDARAVONE EVA EDEMA EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE EDUCATION EVIDENCE GRADING EEG EVISCERATION EFFECTIVENESS EVOKED POTENTIALS EFFICACY EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION EJECTION FRACTION EXERCISE ELBOW INJURIES EXERCISE AND DECOMPRESSION ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY EXOSTOSIS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION EXPLOSION ELECTRODE EQUILIBRATION EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION ELECTRODE TEMPERATURE EXTENDED 6A ELECTROMYOGRAPHY EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE EXTERNAL CARDIAC PACEMAKER EMERGENCY EVACUATION EXTRAVASATION ENCEPHALOPATHIES EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION ENDARTERECTOMY EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE ENDORPHINS TREATMENT ENDOSCOPY FABRY DISEASE ENDOTHELIAL CELL FACE LIFTS ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS FACIAL BONES ENDOTHELINS FACIAL NERVE ENDOTOXIN FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS END STAGE RENAL DISEASE FACILITY
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