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Decompression Illness Prevention

Decompression Illness Prevention is a medical intervention strategy that specifically involves the closure of a patent foramen ovale to mitigate the risk of inert gas embolism during decompression in divers and other high-risk populations.

54

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2.4K

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172

Authors

88

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

54

Effect on migraine of closure of cardiac right-to-left shunts to prevent recurrence of decompression illness or stroke or for haemodynamic reasons

PT Wilmshurst, Simon Nightingale, KP Walsh et al. · The Lancet · 2000 · 435 citations

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The Prevention of Compressed-air Illness

A. E. Boycott, G. C. C. Damant, J. S. Haldane · Journal of Hygiene · 1908 · 306 citations

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Risk of decompression illness among 230 divers in relation to the presence and size of patent foramen ovale

S Torti · European Heart Journal · 2004 · 250 citations · Full text

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Nos inhibition increases bubble formation and reduces survival in sedentary but not exercised rats

Ulrik Wisløff, Russell S. Richardson, Alf O. Brubakk · The Journal of Physiology · 2003 · 93 citations · Full text

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Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale using the Amplatzer septal occluder to prevent recurrence of neurological decompression illness in divers

Kevin Walsh, Peter Wilmshurst, W.L. Morrison · Heart · 1999 · 78 citations · Full text

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Authors

172

  1. PW
    Peter Wilmshurst

    St Thomas' Hospital, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 155 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AA
    Andrew A. Pilmanis

    United States Air Force Research Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

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  3. JT
    James T. Webb

    Wyle (United States), United States

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. SL
    S Lesley Blogg

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. MG
    Mikael Gennser

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

88

  1. Naval Medical Research Command

    Silver Spring, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    61 citations

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    211 citations

  3. Johnson Space Center

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

    Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  6. Royal Hobart Hospital

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    96 citations

  7. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

  8. NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    114 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 20 publications · 477 citations

    15

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  2. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

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  3. Extreme Physiology & Medicine

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    1 publications · 66 citations

    1

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  5. The Journal of Physiology

    1 publications · 93 citations

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