1. SYNONIMS CAISSON DISEASE BENDS STAGGERS CHOKES AND AEROEMBOLISM DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

2. Penyakit yang disebabkan pelepasan dan mengembangnya gelembung-gelembung gas dari fase larut dalam darah atau jaringan akibat penurunan tekanan disekitarnya. DEFINISI

3. PENTING DIKETAHUI Gas yang terlarut berbanding lurus dengan tekanan parsial gas tersebut

4. PENTING DIKETAHUI SUPERSATURASI

7. ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Decompression sickness is a disease of protean clinical manifestations which is produced by excessively rapid lowering ambient pressure. This reduction causes inert gas dissolved in tissue to come out of physical solution and enter the gas phase. The result is the formation of gas bubbles in the tissue, and in arterial and the venous blood. DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS