The Physiological Basis of Decompression.

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CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Speakers; Discussants; The physiological basis of decompression: An overview - Richard D. Vann; Egress of inert gas from tissue - L.D. Homer, P.X. Weathersby, and S. Survanshi; Discussion; Effect of exercise, thermal state, blood flow on inert gas exchange - D.R. Pendergast and A.J. Olszowka; Discussion; Respiratory inert gas exchange - Ulf I. Balldin; Discussion; Gas exchanges of bubbles in tissues and blood - Hugh D. Van Liew; Discussion; Relations of isobaric gas counterdiffusion and decompression gas lesion diseases - C.J. Lambertsen; Discussion; Effect of different gases on decompression sickness - Paul K. Weathersby; Discussion; Exercise and decompression sickness - Richard D. Vann, Wayne A. Gerth, and Nelson E. Leatherman; Discussion; Whole-body nitrogen elimination during oxygen prebreathing and altitude decompression sickness risk - Wayne A. Gerth, Richard D. Vann, and Nelson E. Leatherman; Bubble formation mechanisms - Edward A. Hemmingsen; Discussion; Bubble formation in blood and urine; G.l. Okang and R.D. Vann; Vacuum phenomena: An annotated bibliography - Richard D. Vann; The effect of pressure profile on bubble formation - S. Daniels; Discussion; Target organs Michael R. Powell; Discussion; Bubble formation and DCS - Yoshihiro Mano; A current view of the pathogenesis of spinal cord decompression sickness in an historical perspective - T.J.R. Francis; Discussion; Are evoked potentials useful in the management of patients with acute dysbaric illness? - R.E. Moon, E.M. Camporesi, C.W. Erwin, and E.W. Massey; Magnetic resonance imaging in severe decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism - E.M. Camporesi, R.E. Moon, W.T. Djang, and E.R. Heinz; Influence of pressure profile on DCS symptoms - Charles E. Lehner and Edward H. Lanphier; Discussion; Susceptibility to decompression sickness - C.A. Ward; Discussion; Adaptation to decompression stress - Roderic G. Eckenhoff; A decompression embolization guinea pig cardiovascular shock model - S.J. Whidden and K.W. Van Meter; Individual factors affecting decompression sickness - Mark L. Dembert; Discussion; Individual susceptibility to DCS - Paul K. Weathersby; Caisson decompression - Eric P. Kindwall; Discussion; Discussion on presentation by Dr. Shields; Diving at altitude and flying after diving - A.A. Buhlmann; Discussion; Decompression in space - D.J. Horrigan, Jr., J.M. Waligora, J. Gilbert, B. Edwards, J. Conkin, and J. Stanford; Discussion.