TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Nitrogen partial pressures in man after decompression from simulated scuba dives
JO  - Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation supplementum
A1  - Radermacher, P.
A1  - Santak, B.
A1  - Muth, Claus-Martin
A1  - Wenzel, J.
A1  - Vogt, L.
A1  - Hahn, Monica
A1  - Falke, K. J.
SP  - 217
EP  - 221
VL  - 203
IS  - 
N2  - In five subjects arterial and central venous nitrogen partial pressures (PN2) were measured after decompression from a chamber dive following a decompression schedule for scuba diving. The simulated dives consisted of exposure at rest to air at 6 bar for 30 min. corresponding to a depth of 50 m. Afterwards the subjects were decompressed with decompression stops at 2.5, 2.2, 1.9, 1.6 and 1.3 bar with a total decompression time of 73 min. Immediately after decompression and every 40 min. until the 240th min. arterial and central venous blood samples were analyzed for PN2 using a manometric Van Slyke apparatus. Venous PN2 remained elevated until 160 min. after decompression indicating still incomplete nitrogen wash-out at least two hours after decompression had been accomplished. Bubble formation is discussed as a cause for prolonged nitrogen elimination. Our data confirm that nitrogen elimination is prolonged after decompression from simulated dives at rest.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0085-591X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -