1) Diving medicine 2) Medical emergency
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Barotrauma is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside, or in contact with the body, and the surrounding fluid. Barotrauma typically occurs when the organism is exposed to a significant change in ambient pressure, such as when a scuba diver, a free-diver or an airplane passenger ascends or desce...
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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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An injury that result as the result of rapid or extreme changes in pressure. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(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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Injury to the middle ear caused by Barotitis.
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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 pressure such as occurs when a patient is on a vent...
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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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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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an injury caused by unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body.
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Injury caused by unequal pressure between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body - usually caused by a too rapid ascend.
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https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/scuba-diving-glossary.htm
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