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    edited by Alf O. Brubakk, Tom S. Neuman.
    Summary: This thoroughly updated edition, considered the 'bible' in this field since 1969, offers in-depth coverage of the physiological basis of safe diving and the pathogenesis of diving illnesses; the clinical diagnosis and management of diving disorders; and current equipment design and its practical clinical applications. Also covered is a current understanding of central nervous system pathology, contemporary decompression theories, and state-of-the-art treatment protocols for decompression, drowning and hypothermia.

    Contents:
    An outline history of diving physiology and medicine
    Diving methods
    Ventilation, gas exchange and exercise under pressure
    Thermal considerations in diving
    Breath-hold diving
    Drowning and nearly drowning
    Comparative diving physiology
    Otorhinolaryngological aspects of diving
    Pressure effects
    Decompression
    Long term effects of diving
    Fitness to dive
    Investigation of diving accidents
    Pathology of diving accidents
    Diving equipment
    Appendix: Some useful data and formulas related to diving.
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    Books: General Collection (Downstairs)
    RC1005 .B46 2003
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