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  • noun medicine Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.

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baro- +‎ trauma.

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  • This phenomenon, known as barotrauma, accounts for more than half of all turbine-related fatalities in bats, according to a 2008 paper in the journal

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  • Too high a tidal volume or a pressure and we risk various forms of barotrauma and too little of either seems to be associated with atelectasis ,blood shunting and another form of ventilator induced lung damage from forces related to opening and closing of gas exchange units.

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  • Researchers found that almost half of the animals had no external injuries, and that most of those that they dissected had suffered burst blood vessels in their lungs, suggesting that their deaths were caused by a condition called barotrauma.

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  • These vibrations are akin to those caused by blast explosions or barotrauma in scuba diving, but much less forceful, she says.

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  • Too high a tidal volume or a pressure and we risk various forms of barotrauma and too little of either seems to be associated with atelectasis ,blood shunting and another form of ventilator induced lung damage from forces related to opening and closing of gas exchange units.

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  • The bends, or barotrauma, comes from ascending too quickly for your body to adjust to the change in pressure.

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  • In descending order, the most common side effects observed during hyperbaric treatment are barotrauma (2% incidence), sinus squeeze, serous otitis, claustrophobia, reversible myopia, and new onset seizure (which occurs in 1-3 per 10,000 treatments) [8].

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  • No other adverse events including barotrauma or seizures were observed in either group.

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  • Arc flash hazard: Danger associated with the arc flash (e.g., the possibility of radiation burns, inhalation of vapors, temporary blindness, hearing damage, lung damage, barotrauma, and injury from projectiles).

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  • Stewart TE et al. Evaluation of a ventilation strategy to prevent barotrauma in patients at high risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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