Abstract
Gas bubbles that lead to a capillary obstruction and then to an ischemically conditioned hypoxia are the initial cause of decompression sickness. The obstruction may be classified as one of two kinds:
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arterial gas embolism as a consequence of either a central rupture of the lung (burst lung) or explosive decompression (blow up);
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formation of gas bubbles in tissues (autochthonous gas bubbles).
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Bühlmann, A.A. (1984). Decompression Sickness. In: Decompression — Decompression Sickness. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02409-6_4
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