Selective vulnerability of the inner ear to decompression sickness in divers with right-to-left shunt: The role of tissue gas supersaturation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 298-301

  Mitchell, Simon J ^a   Doolette, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Naval Experimental Diving Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Diving; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFUSION; DIVER; DIVING; HALF LIFE TIME; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; INNER EAR; LATENT PERIOD; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFUSION; DIVING; EAR, INNER; EMBOLISM, AIR; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 58649115193     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90915.2008     Document Type: Article

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