TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1976//
TI  - Incidence of decompression sickness in Navy low-pressure chambers
JO  - Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
A1  - Bason, R.
A1  - Pheeny, H.
A1  - Dully, F. E.
SP  - 995
EP  - 997
VL  - 47
IS  - 9
N2  - This study reports the incidence of decompression sickness occurring in U. S. Navy altitude chambers in association with physiological training of aircrews for the period 1 Jan. 1972 to 31 Dec. 1975. There were 79 cases of decompression sickness in 88,520 altitude chamber exposures, an incidence of 0.089%. Among trainees, there were 22 cases in 73,561 exposures, an incidence of 0.029%. Among chamber inside observers, there were 57 cases in 14,959 exposures, an incidence of 0.38%. This 12-fold greater incidence among inside observers over trainees was statistically significant (p less than 0.01). Reasons for the increased incidence of decompression sickness among inside observers are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-6562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -