title: An introduction to decompression illness.
abstract: Decompression illness was formerly an occupational hazard confined to professional divers and compressed-air workers. With the increasing popularity of recreational diving it has come to involve a wider cross-section of the population. Furthermore, the proportion of cases presenting with the more serious manifestations of the disease appears to be rising.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hants.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Murrison
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom