PATHOLOGY IN RATS EXPLOSIVELY DECOMPRESSED TO HIGH ALTITUDES.
Abstract
The report describes the pathological changes observed in rats that were explosively decompressed to high altitudes. These observations were made on the non-surviving and sacrificed surviving animals dealt with in the Yale Aeromedical Research Unit Report No. 56. In the latter, a relationship of duration of respiration and circulation to decompression altitude was determined, the cause of death at extreme altitude was established and the chances of survival following recompression at free fall rate immediately after decompression was indicated. The tissue damage in these same animals, as found in post-mortem examinations, their relationship to decompression altitude and degree and rate of recovery in survivors are considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 1947
- Accession Number
- AD0700783
Entities
People
- J. W. Wilson