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Space Clinical Medicine

A Prospective Look at Medical Problems from Hazards of Space Operations

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Authors:
  1. Douglas E. Busby

    1. The Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Albuquerque, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Acute Hypoxia

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 1-19

  3. Ebullism Syndrome

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 20-30

  4. ‘Explosive’ Decompression Injuries

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 31-36

  5. Decompression Sickness

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 37-58

  6. Aerotitis Media and Aerosinusitis

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 59-67

  7. Heat Disorders, Including Dehydration

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 68-80

  8. Cold Injury and Hypothermia

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 81-98

  9. Medical Problems due to Particle and Droplet Contamination of the Spacecraft-Cabin Atmosphere

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 99-125

  10. Urinary Calculus

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 126-145

  11. Medical Implications of Cardiovascular Adaptations to Weightlessness

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 146-164

  12. Acute Radiation Effects

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 165-187

  13. Injuries from Meteoroid Penetration

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 188-202

  14. Burns

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 203-217

  15. Injuries from Mechanical Forces

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 218-230

  16. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Toxicity

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 231-268

  17. General Aspects of Medical Management

    • Douglas E. Busby
    Pages 269-276
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Many real and potential hazards will face astronauts* during operations in space. Some of these hazards might be of little medical significance; others might produce serious medical problems. This book is an initial attempt to describe the characteristics and suggest the management of possible medical problems which might arise from hazards of space operations. Attention is not given here to the so-called 'naturally occurring' diseases. Writing is oriented to future interplanetary missions during which, due primarily to the time required to return to earth, the diagnosis and definitive or interim treatment of medical problems will have to be carried out in space. It is therefore assumed that suitable diagnostic and treatment facilities and medically trained personnel will be available on advanced spacecraft, in which large, multidisciplined crews will be living in a comfortable, 'shirt-sleeves' environment. To lay the groundwork of Space Clinical Medicine, a field in which very little has been written and essentially no experience gained to date, it was found necessary to consider clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of possible medical problems in space. Wherever necessary, various hazards of space operations are defined and analysed in order to determine their possible medical effects. The patho­ physiologic characteristics of medical problems are discussed, frequently in detail, to provide the rationale for their prevention and treatment.

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  • The Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Albuquerque, USA

    Douglas E. Busby

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