Predive sauna and venous gas bubbles upon decompression from 400 kPa

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1100-1105

  Blatteau, Jean Éric ^a,b   Gempp, Emmanuel ^b   Balestra, Costantino ^c   Mets, Tony ^d   Germonpre, Peter ^e  

^a CH Sainte Anne   (France)

^b Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Sainte Anne   (France)

^c Haute Ecole Bruxelles Brabant   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bubble; Decompression sickness; Diving; Heat shock protein; Nitric oxide; Sauna

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIVER; DIVING; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOVOLEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PLASMA VOLUME; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK REDUCTION; SAUNA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEAM BATH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57149090082     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2377.2008     Document Type: Article

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