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Diving Medicine Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Charrow, Veda W. (Author), Bove, Alfred (Author), Davis (Author)
ISBN: 0721694241     ISBN-13: 9780721694245
Publisher: Saunders
OUR PRICE:   $137.61  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2003
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
- Medical | Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
- Medical | Sports Medicine
Dewey: 616.980
LCCN: 30415200
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7" W x 10" (2.42 lbs) 656 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Diving Medicine has earned a worldwide reputation as the definitive source on diving safety and the management of diving-related health conditions. The New, 4th Edition has been completely revised and updated while still retaining its practical clinical orientation. It covers basic diving physiology - the pathophysiology of decompression sickness - assessment of physical fitness for diving - diagnosis and treatment of diving-related disorders - and much more.
  • Discusses special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric divers
  • Covers diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions, such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic disease
  • Includes information about marine toxicology
  • New chapters on Kinetics of Inert Gas, Marine Poisoning and Intoxication, and Diabetes and Diving
  • Completely revised chapters on Medical Evaluation for Sport Diving
  • Medical Evaluation for Commercial Diving
  • and Medical Evaluation for Military Diving
  • The latest protocols for managing decompression accidents, drowning, and hypothermia