Decompression Sickness: The Biophysical Basis of Prevention and Treatment, Volume 1 |
Contents
The Decompression Syndrome | 29 |
The Mechanism | 48 |
Gas Separation | 76 |
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absolute pressure air embolism Behnke blood flow blood perfusion breathing mix bubble formation caisson workers calculation method capillary carbon dioxide cavitation cell cellular compression constant critical tissue D. H. Elliott decom decompres decompression sickness DECOMPRESSION STOPS decompression tables depth diffusion coefficient diver driving force dumped dysbaric osteonecrosis effect embolism exposure extravascular factors feet fluid gas phase gas separation gas tension gaseous phase gradient Haldane heliox helium Hempleman Hence Hills hydrostatic pressure hyperbaric increase inert gas inert gases inherent unsaturation Lambertsen limb bends limited lipid lung mechanism membrane minimum bends Moreover muscle needed nitrogen nitrous oxide normal nucleation nuclei occur osmotic oxygen toxicity P₁ P₂ partial pressure perfusion Physiol pression primary event Proc pulmonary ratio saturation separated from solution sion solubility supersaturation switching Symp symptoms thermodynamic threshold tion tissue gas tissue(s U.S. Navy uptake values vascular vestibular volume