Effect of a short-acting NO donor on bubble formation from a saturation dive in pigs

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1541-1545

  Mollerlokken A ^a   Berge, V J ^a   Jorgensen A ^a   Wisloff U ^a   Brubakk, A O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diving

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; KETAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

AIR ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD GAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GAS FLOW; HEART RATE; HYPERBARISM; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWINE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845455446     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01191.2005     Document Type: Article

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