Deadly acute Decompression Sickness in Risso’s dolphins

Abstract Diving air-breathing vertebrates have long been considered protected against decompression sickness (DCS) through anatomical, physiological, and behavioural adaptations. However, an acute systemic gas and fat embolic syndrome similar to DCS in human divers was described in beaked whales tha...

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Main Authors: A. Fernández, E. Sierra, J. Díaz-Delgado, S. Sacchini, Y. Sánchez-Paz, C. Suárez-Santana, M. Arregui, M. Arbelo, Y. Bernaldo de Quirós
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a9e9e18a70174d4d91dc140c2529d7b9
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