[Problems in the deep: the isopression phase]

MMW Fortschr Med. 2005 Jul 7;147(27-28):36-7.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Fundamentally, accident mechanisms during the isopression phase of diving are primarily dependent upon the partial pressures of the respiratory gases. An increased nitrogen partial pressure leads to compressed-air intoxication; an increased oxygen partial pressure while diving with oxygen-enriched gas mixtures can trigger an oxygen-induced convulsion. Elevated pCO2 can be provoked by inadequate breathing and/or physical exertion at greater diving depths. Through an adjusted diving behavior and observation of the limits, these problems could be easily avoided.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization / physiology*
  • Air Pressure*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Diving / adverse effects*
  • Diving / physiology
  • Humans
  • Inert Gas Narcosis / diagnosis
  • Inert Gas Narcosis / etiology*
  • Inert Gas Narcosis / physiopathology
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Oxygen / toxicity
  • Physical Exertion / physiology
  • Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Seizures / diagnosis
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / physiopathology

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen