Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. A short history of diving and diving medicine
Ch. 2. Diving physics
Ch. 3. Diving equipment
Ch. 4. Inert gas exchange and bubbles
Ch. 5. Breath-hold diving
Ch. 6. Mixed-gas diving
Ch. 7. Mechanisms and risks of decompression
Ch. 8. Pathophysiology of decompression sickness
Ch. 9. Pulmonary barotrauma
Ch. 10. Treatment of decompression illness
Ch. 11. Inert gas narcosis and high-pressure nervous syndrome
Ch. 12. Toxicity of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide
Ch. 13. Hypothermia
Ch. 14. Near drowning
Ch. 15. Marine animal injuries
Ch. 16. Marine poisoning and intoxication
Ch. 17. Human performance underwater
Ch. 18. Medical supervision of diving operations
Ch. 19. Women in diving
Ch. 20. Diving in the elderly and the young
Ch. 21. Aseptic necrosis of bone
Ch. 22. Ear and sinus problems in diving
Ch. 23. Neurologic consequences of diving
Ch. 24. Pulmonary disorders [and diving]
Ch. 25. Cardiovascular disorders and diving
Ch. 26. Diabetes and diving
Ch. 27. Medical evaluation for sport diving
Ch. 28. Medical evaluation of working divers
Ch. 29. U.S. Navy diving equipment and techniques

Diving Medicine has earned a worldwide reputation as the definitive source on diving safety and the management of diving-related health conditions. The New, 4th Edition has been completely revised and updated while still retaining its practical clinical orientation. It covers basic diving physiology the pathophysiology of decompression sickness assessment of physical fitness for diving diagnosis and treatment of diving-related disorders and much more. Discusses special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric diversCovers diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions, such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic diseaseIncludes information about marine toxicology