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REVIEW OUTCOME: POSITIVE

Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations

Moon RE

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine · 2019

What it found

Reviews the physiological basis and established use of recompression (e.g., US Navy Treatment Table 6) as definitive therapy for decompression sickness, the historical foundation of hyperbaric medicine.

Our note on quality

Authoritative narrative review; recompression is standard of care.

Read the source (PubMed 31051061)

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