Effect of oxygen tension and rate of pressure reduction during decompression on central gas bubbles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 351-356

  Reinertsen, R E ^a,d   Flook, V ^b   Koteng, S ^a   Brubakk, A O ^c  

^a Stiftelsen Industriell og Tekn F ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Saturation diving; Swine; Transesophageal echocardiographic transducer; Venous gas emboli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031932119     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.1.351     Document Type: Article

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