Allometric Scaling of Decompression Sickness Risk in Terrestrial Mammals

Abstract

The objective with this study is to determine if there is an allometric relationship between body mass and decompression sickness (DCS) risk over a large range of terrestrial mammals. We have modified a previously published probabilistic model to assess DCS risk for different species. The results will help determine if studies performed in different species and body sizes can be compared or if there are differences in risk not attributable to body size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 2011
Accession Number
ADA552429

Entities

People

  • Andreas Fahlman
  • Peter Tyack
  • Richard Mahon

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Blood Flow
  • Body Temperature
  • Body Weight
  • Congenital Heart Defects
  • Data Sets
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Flow Rate
  • Heart Septum
  • Models
  • Partial Pressure
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Saturation

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.