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Dysbarism: An Overview of an Unusual Medical Emergency

  • Gabriele Savioli,
  • Claudia Alfano,
  • Christian Zanza,
  • Gaia Bavestrello Piccini,
  • Angelica Varesi,
  • Ciro Esposito,
  • Giovanni Ricevuti and
  • Iride Francesca Ceresa

10 January 2022

Dysbarism is a general term which includes the signs and symptoms that can manifest when the body is subject to an increase or a decrease in the atmospheric pressure which occurs either at a rate or duration exceeding the capacity of the body to adap...

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  • Open Access
2,433 Views
21 Pages

Fine-grained molecular dynamics simulations have been conducted to depict lipid objects enclosed in water and interacting with a series of noble gases dissolved in the medium. The simple point-charge (SPC) water system, featuring a boundary composed...

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  • Open Access
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18 Pages

Does Heart Rate Variability Predict Impairment of Operational Performance in Divers?

  • John Freiberger,
  • Bruce Derrick,
  • Ki H. Chon,
  • Md Billal Hossain,
  • Hugo F. Posada-Quintero,
  • Mary Cooter and
  • Richard Moon

3 December 2024

We examined data from Naval Sea Systems Command grant project N0463A-12-C-001, “Hypercapnia: cognitive effects and monitoring”, with the objective of validating or repudiating heart rate variability (HRV) as a warning sign of cognitive im...

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  • Open Access
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8 Pages

Narcotic Nitrogen Effects Persist after a Simulated Deep Dive

  • Sven Dreyer,
  • Johannes Schneppendahl,
  • Martin Hoffmanns,
  • Thomas Muth and
  • Jochen D. Schipke

2 July 2024

Background and Objectives: Scuba divers often experience persistent inert gas narcosis (IGN) even after surfacing. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that breathing oxygen (O2) before surfacing can reduce postdive IGN. Materials and Methods: A g...