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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
CT contraindications 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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