Diving Medicine

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Any aspect of diving medicine including the treatment of diving injuries and physiological responses to diving-related stresses.

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Decompression Illness and Bubble Formation  

Author 1	Author 2	Author 3	Title	Citation	Subject 1	Subject 2	Subject 3
Drewry A		Gorman DF	A progress report on the prospective randomised double blind controlled study of oxygen and oxygen-helium in the treatment of air-diving decompression illness.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Supplement 1994; 21:98.	Decompression illness	Heliox
Bennett M	Mitchell S	Dominguez A	Adjunctive treatment of decompression illness with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (Tenoxicam) reduces compression requirements.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2003; 30(3):195-204.	decompression illness	NSAID
Blatteau J-E	Boussuges A	Castagna	A 2-hours pre-dive aerobic exercise decreases bubble formation after diving.	ICHM-EUBS Proceedings 2005, Desola J (Ed). Barcelona 7-10 September 2005.	Decompression illness	Venous gas embolism	Aerobic exercise
Dujic Z	Palada I	Valic Z	Exogenous nitric oxide and bubble formation in divers.	Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 Aug;38(8):1432-5	Nitric oxide	Bubble formation	Decompression illness
Blatteau, J-E	J-M Pontier		Effect of in-water recompression with oxygen to 6 msw versus normobaric oxygen breathing on bubble formation in divers.	European journal of applied physiology 2009; 106(5):691-695	Decompression illness	Venous gas	Oxygen treatment
Risberg J	Englund M	Aanderud L	Venous gas embolism in chamber attendants after hyperbaric exposure.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2004;31(4):417-429	Hyperbaric therapy	Decompression stress	Attendant
Dituri J	Sadler R	Siddiqi F	Echocardiographic evaluation of intracardiac venous gas emboli following in-water recompression.	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine: journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. 2016 Mar 1;43(2):103-12	In-water recompression	Normobaric oxygen	Cardiac echo
Bennett MH	Lehm JP	Mitchell SJ	Recompression and adjunctive therapy for decompression illness.	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD005277. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005277.pub3	Decompression Illness	Recompression	NSAIDS
Blatteau J-E	Pontier J-M		Effect of in-water recompression with oxygen to 6 msw versus normobaric oxygen breathing on bubble formation in divers.	Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009;106:691-5	Recompression	In-water	Bubble
Brebeck AK	Deussen A	Range U	Beneficial effect of enriched air nitrox on bubble formation during scuba diving. An open-water study.	Journal of sports sciences. 2018 Mar 19;36(6):605-12	VGE	Nitrox	Decompression
Ribicic IŠ	Valic M	Božic J	Influence of oxygen enriched gases during decompression on bubble formation and endothelial function in self-contained underwater breathing apparatus diving: a randomized controlled study	Croatian medical journal. 2019 Jun;60(3):265.	VGE	Nitrox	Decompression
Mollerlokken A	Breskovic T	Palada I	Observation of increased venous gas emboli after wet dives compared to dry dives.	Diving Hyperb Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):124-8	VGE	Wet diving	Decompression
Souday V	Koning NJ	Perez B	Enriched Air Nitrox Breathing Reduces Venous Gas Bubbles after Simulated SCUBA Diving: A Double-Blind Cross-Over Randomized Trial.	PLoS ONE 11(5) 2016: e0154761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154761	VGE	Nitrox	Decompression

 

Vascular and Respiratory Physiology

Author 1	Author 2	Author 3	Title	Citation	Subject 1	Subject 2	Subject 3
Mutzbauer T	Tetzlaff K	Struck N	Influence of dry and wet dives on erythropoeitin plasma levels.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2000; 27(Suppl):59-60.	Erythropoietin	Diving
Mutzbauer T	Gruenes A	Neubauer B	Effect of single dry and wet dives to 50 meters in sport divers on erythropoeitin (EPO) plasma concentrations	European Journal of Underwater Medicine 2001; 2(3): 65	Erythropoietin	Diving
Lambrechts K	Balestra C	Theron M	Venous gas emboli are involved in post-dive macro, but not microvascular dysfunction.	European journal of applied physiology. 2017 Feb 1;117(2):335-44	DCI	VGE	Vascular function
Koehle MS	Hodges AN	Lynn BM	Diffusing capacity and spirometry following a dive to 4.5 meters.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2006; 33(2):109-118	Pulmonary function	Scuba	Diffusing capacity
van Ooij PJAM	van Hulst RA	Kulik W	Hyperbaric oxygen diving affects exhaled molecular profiles in men.	Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 2014; 198:20-24.	Exhaled organic compounds	Hyperbaric oxygen	Oxygen toxicity
Gasier HG	Fothergill DM		Oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses and nitric oxide production following hyperoxic exposures.	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine: journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. 2012 Dec;40(2):125-34	Oxidative stress	Lipid peroxidation	Superoxide dismutase

 

Miscellaneous

Author 1	Author 2	Author 3	Title	Citation	Subject 1	Subject 2	Subject 3
Harris R	Doolette D	Wilkinson D	The influence of inspired oxygen and nitrox fraction on fatigue following compressed gas diving	Proceedings of 11th Annual HTNA ASM, Hobart, August 2003:51	Nitrox	Diving	Fatigue
Brown M	Jones J	Krohmer J	Pseudoephedrine for the Prevention of Barotitis Media: A Controlled Clinical Trial in Underwater Divers.	Annals of Emergency Medicine 1992;21(7):106-109	Barotrauma	Diving	Ear
Chng J	Wan MC	Lim CL	A comparison of thermal stress in the submarine escape using immersion half- and full suit in tropical weather operations.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2010;37(6):447-454	Hyperthermia	Submarine escape	Immersion suit
Tikkinen J	Parkkola K	Siimes MA	Reaction test revealed impaired performance at 6.0 atm abs but not at 1.9 atm abs in professional divers.	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine: journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. 2013;40(1):33-9	Inter gas narcosis	Reaction time	Nitrogen
Lafère P	Hemelryck W	Germonpré P	Early detection of diving-related cognitive impairment of different nitrogen-oxygen gas mixtures using critical flicker fusion frequency.	Diving Hyperb. Med. 2019 Jun 1;49:119-26.	Critical flicker fusion frequency	Inert Gas Narcosis	Cognitive testing
Brebeck AK	Deussen A	Schmitz-Peiffer H	Effects of oxygen-enriched air on cognitive performance during SCUBA-diving–an open-water study.	Research in sports medicine. 2017 Jul 3;25(3):345-56.	Cognition	Nitrox	VGEs
Germonpre P	Balestra C	Hemelryck W	Objective vs. subjective evaluation of cognitive performance during 0.4-MPa dives breathing air or nitrox.	Aerospace medicine and human performance. 2017 May 1;88(5):469-75	Cognition	Nitrox	Fatigue
Ranapurwala SI	Denoble PJ	Poole C	The effect of using a pre-dive checklist on the incidence of diving mishaps in recreational scuba diving: a cluster-randomized trial. I	nt J Epidemiol. 2016 Feb;45(1):223-31	Cecklist	Mishap	Recreational
Wheelock CE	Looney DP	Potter AW	Diver cycling endurance after nine days of warm-water acclimation.	UHM 2021, 48(3):344	Exercise	Warm water	Acclimatisation
Mutzbauer TS	Schneider M	Neubauer B	Antioxidants may Attenuate Plasma Erythropoietin Decline after Hyperbaric Oxygen Diving.	International journal of sports medicine. 2015 Nov;36(13):1035-40	Erythropoietin	Antioxidants	HBO
Keeler JM	Greenshields JT	Goss CS	Modification of thermoregulation during cold-water immersion by normobaric hypoxia.	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 2021, 4(3):344-345.	Thermoregulation	cold water immesion	Eneregry expenditure
Winstead-Derlega C			Latency and symptoms of CNS O2 toxicity in working divers breathing 100% O2 at 2.06 ATA.	UHM 2021, 48(3):336-337.	Oxygen toxicity	Ketogenic diet	Latency

 

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