decompressions

Rapid cabin decompressions are rare events, and they may stem from undetected metal fatigue that can suddenly peel back a portion of an aircraft's aluminum skin in midair.

Jet Suffered Two-Foot Hole, Decompression Andy Pasztor 2010

Complex fusions, the procedure studied in the JAMA paper, are reimbursed by Medicare at a sharply higher rate than decompressions, to account for the elaborate spinal devices used and the longer length of surgery.

Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalties, Medicare Bounty John Carreyrou 2010

The mandatory inspections were to look for cracks in certain parts of the fuselage that could weaken the aluminum skin and result in potentially dangerous fractures or even decompressions during flight.

Southwest Set 2008

Now, different kinds of in-flight decompressions can result in different situations — some more hazardous than others.

Witnesses report « BuzzMachine 2005

Now, different kinds of in-flight decompressions can result in different situations †some more hazardous than others.

Witnesses report « BuzzMachine 2005

"Okay, we have got buckled supports all along the port flight pod, and chain reaction decompressions occurring everywhere forward of frame two" — he paused to check the printout in his hand — "two-fifty."

Battlestar Galactica Carver_Jeffrey 2006

Stony Brook has been performing cruciate decompressions for about two years, and the procedure has become fairly common in larger hospitals across the country, he said.

"The inside of the body is a very good place to store things like this." Ann Althouse 2005

The risk of death within 30 days after surgery was different too: 6 in 1,000 for complex fusions compared with 5 in 1,000 for simple fusions and 3 in 1,000 for decompressions.

BLACK ENTERPRISE Associated Press 2010

Rates of complex fusions in Medicare patients rose 15-fold from 2002 to 2007, while decompressions and simple fusions declined, the study found.

BLACK ENTERPRISE Associated Press 2010

About 5 in 100 patients who had simple or complex fusions suffered major complications such as stroke compared to 2 in 100 with decompressions.

BLACK ENTERPRISE Associated Press 2010