Diuretic as a means for rapid adaptation to weightlessness
| Autor: | V.B. Noskov, A.I. Grigoriev |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_treatment
Aerospace Engineering Hematocrit Furosemide Weightless Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Plasma Volume Diuretics Fluid Shifts medicine.diagnostic_test Weightlessness business.industry Blood shift Space Flight Adaptation Physiological Anesthesia Aerospace Medicine Work ability Space Motion Sickness Diuretic Weightlessness Countermeasures business Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Acta Astronautica. 32:841-843 |
| ISSN: | 0094-5765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0094-5765(94)90091-4 |
| Popis: | In a number of flights, cosmonauts and astronauts have experienced aggravation of their health status and general condition in the initial hours and days in a weightless environment. One of the trigger mechanisms for the onset of these unfavourable conditions at the start of space flight is a redistribution of body fluids and a blood shift towards the head. To ensure controlled hypohydration as a countermeasure to the deleterious effects of 0-g and to investigate the feasibility to control adaptation, six cosmonauts were administered lasix once a day during the first 3 days of a mission. All data of the experiment (correction test, questionnaire, hematocrit) were recorded on a special form in the logbook and transmitted to the control centre for processing. Results showed that the diuretic weakened the sensation of discomfort and improved the cosmonauts' general condition. Objective indices of the correction test indicate an increased work ability of cosmonauts. After hypohydration, circulating plasma volumes in the group were reduced by 6.8 + 1.0% on average. |
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