The effect on pulmonary functions of rapid compression in saturation-excursion dives to 1000 feet. USNSMC-573.
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Four subjects were rapidly compressed at a rate of 2 — 3.5 feet per minute to 600 and 800-foot depths. They remained at saturation depths for 35 and 36 hours and carried out excursion dives lastingthree hours to 800 and 1,000 feet, respectively. Maximal Expiratory Flow Rate (MEFR) and Maximal Inspiratory Flow Rate (MIFR) measured with a Wedge spirometer at 200-foot increments during rapid compression showed a linear decrease with the increase in pressure. During the 35-36 hour saturation period, MEFR increased 33-55% ; and MIFR rose 16-30% from the initial values obtained at saturation depths. The recovery of MEFR was not limited to peak flow rates, but also pronounced at the MEFR measured at 50% of vital capacity, indicating that the recovery was independent of muscular effort. Airway collapse during rapid compression and reopening during the subsequent saturation period is proposed as the most likely explanation for the observed changes. Vital capacity decreased during the compression and decompression period and showed a tendency to increase during the saturation period. Evidence of airtrapping was seen in flow-volume loops measured at depth. THE EFFECT ON PULMONARY FUNCTIONS OF RAPID COMPRESSION IN SATURATION-EXCURSION DIVES TO 1000 FEET
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تاریخ انتشار 1969