Effects of intravenous perfluorocarbon and oxygen breathing on acute decompression sickness in the hamster.
HamsterOtherFemalen = 48 hamsters, three groups of 16Intravenous, with inhaled 100 per cent oxygenImmediately after removal from the hyperbaric chamber
Model: Acute decompression sickness after 30 min at 7 ATA followed by direct decompression to surface at 60 fsw/min
Survival was 6 per cent untreated, 62 per cent with saline plus oxygen and 94 per cent with perfluorochemical plus oxygen. Perfluorochemicals reduced bubble numbers, enhanced bubble disappearance and reduced dysrhythmias.
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