Operational Medical Issues in Hypo- and Hyperbaric Conditions

Abstract

Decompression sickness risk reduction was sought throughout the twentieth century by adjusting dive duration and depth combinations. These adjustments hypothetically minimized inert gas supersaturation in tissues during decompression. The newest efforts in decompression sickness research by scientists at the -U.S. Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring Maryland are focused on fundamentally different approaches. We are seeking means of reducing decompression sickness risk by actively eliminating a critical portion of the body's inert gas load; by increasing the volume of inert gas held in solution by the blood; or by blocking the body's response to intravascular bubbles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA407533

Entities

People

  • David M. Dromsky
  • Susan R. Kayer

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research
  • Chambers
  • Compression
  • Confidence Limits
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Hydrogen
  • Hyperbaric Chambers
  • Hyperbaric Conditions
  • Immune System
  • Information Systems
  • Intestines
  • Large Intestine
  • Nato
  • Navy

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  • Marine Mammal Biology
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