Disciplines and Occupations

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

The practice of medicine concerned with conditions in individuals resulting from exposure to environments where the ambient pressure is increased, such as the undersea environment.

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Abstract

The practice of medicine concerned with conditions in individuals resulting from exposure to environments where the ambient pressure is increased, such as the undersea environment.

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine
  • Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Underwater and Hyberbaric Medicine
  • Diving Medicine
  • Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Subaquatic Medicine
  • Undersea Medicine
  • Underwater Medicine
  • Medicine, Diving
  • Medicine, Hyperbaric
  • Medicine, Subaquatic
  • Medicine, Undersea
  • Medicine, Underwater

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2025

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Previous Indexing

  • Diving (2024)
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation (2024)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099051. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099051
  2. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_medicine
  3. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423517