Effect of N2-He-O2 on decompression outcome in rats after variable time-at-depth dives
| Autor: | R. S. Lillo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Male
musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Equilibrium time Nitrogen Physiology Chemistry Decompression Variable time Gas uptake Rats Inbred Strains Stress physiology Decompression Sickness medicine.disease Helium Rats Surgery Oxygen Decompression sickness Physiology (medical) Anesthesia medicine Animals |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Physiology. 64:2042-2052 |
| ISSN: | 1522-1601 8750-7587 |
| DOI: | 10.1152/jappl.1988.64.5.2042 |
| Popis: | No study of decompression sickness has examined both variable gas mixtures and variable time at depth to the point of statistical significance. This investigation examined the effect of N2-He-O2 on decompression outcome in rats after variable time-at-depth dives. Unanesthetized male albino rats were subjected to one of two series of simulated dives: 1) N2-He-O2 dives (20.9% O2) at 175 feet of seawater fsw) and 2) N2-O2 dives (variable percentage of O2; depths from 141 to 207 fsw). Time at depth ranged from 10 to 120 min; rats were then decompressed within 10 s to surface pressure. The probability of decompression sickness (severe bends symptoms or death) was analyzed with a Hill equation model, with parameters for gas potency and equilibrium time for the three gases and weight of the animal. Relative potencies for the three gases were of similar magnitude for bends and statistically different for death in ascending order: O2 less than He less than N2. Estimated gas uptake rates were different. N2 took three to four times as long as He to reach full effect; the rate of O2 appeared to be considerably shorter than that of N2 or He. The large influence of O2 on decompression outcome questions the simplistic view that O2 cannot contribute to the decompression requirement. |
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