Look up: barotrauma

1. barotrauma
   Type: Term Pronunciation: băr′ō-traw′mă Definitions: 1. A term previously used to describe injury to the middle ear or paranasal sinuses, resulting from imbalance between ambient pressure and that within the affected cavity. Now mostly used to refer to lung injury due to p...
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2. Barotrauma
   Injury to the middle ear caused by Barotitis.
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3. Barotrauma
   Barotrauma: Trauma caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure, especially affecting enclosed cavities within the body such as the middle ear (otic barotrauma), the sinuses (sinus barotrauma), and the lungs (pulmonary barotrauma). See also: Otic barotrauma; Sinus barotrauma; and Pulmonary barotrauma.
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4. barotrauma
   an injury or disorder resulting from the establishment of a pressure difference across the walls of an anatomical structure Category: Medicine
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5. barotrauma
   An injury that result as the result of rapid or extreme changes in pressure. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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6. barotrauma
   (bar″o-traw´mә) injury caused by pressure differences between the external environment and the inside of a bodily structure. Seen with structures of the ear, in high altitude flyers and others (see barotitis media and barosinusitis). In the lung it is caused by excessive airway pressures, resulting in extra-...
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7. barotrauma
   any of several injuries arising from changes in pressure upon the body. Humans are adapted to live at an atmospheric pressure of 760 mm of mercury ...
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8. barotrauma
   barotrauma (s), barotraumata (pl) 1. Injury resulting from changes in atmospheric pressure. 2. A term once used to describe injury to the middle ear or paranasal sinuses, resulting from imbalance between ambient pressure and that within the affected cavity. Now mostly used to refer to lung injury that occurs when a patient is on a ventilator ...
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9. Barotrauma
   Barotrauma is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between an air space inside or beside the body and the surrounding fluid. Barotrauma typically occurs to air spaces within a body when that body moves to or from a higher pressure environment, such as when a SCUBA dive...
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