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Descriptor English:   Decompression 
Descriptor Spanish:   Descompresión 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Descompressão 
Tree Number:   E02.278
G01.374.715.250
Definition English:   Decompression external to the body, most often the slow lessening of external pressure on the whole body (especially in caisson workers, deep sea divers, and persons who ascend to great heights) to prevent DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. It includes also sudden accidental decompression, but not surgical (local) decompression or decompression applied through body openings. 
Indexing Annotation English:   restrict to "decompression external to the body": not for surg decompression ( = DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL)
History Note English:   80(75) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history IS instrumentation
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends UT utilization
VE veterinary  
Record Number:   3677 
Unique Identifier:   D003664 

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