Effect of in-water oxygen prebreathing at different depths on decompression-induced bubble formation and platelet activation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1077-1083

  Bosco, Gerardo ^a   Yang, Zhong Jin ^b   Di Tano, Guglielmo ^a   Camporesi, Enrico M ^c   Faralli, Fabio ^a   Savini, Fabio ^a   Landolfi, Angelo ^d   Doria, Christian ^a   Fanò, Giorgio ^a  

^a Ud'A Chieti ^*  (Italy)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Italian Air Force   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubble formation; Decompression sickness; Open sea dive; Oxygen prebreathing; Platelet activation

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN; GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; ITGB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYGEN; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMMERSION; INHALATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; IMMERSION; INHALATION; INTEGRIN BETA3; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; P-SELECTIN; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951963950     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01058.2009     Document Type: Article

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