FORCED EXPIRATION AND INSPIRATION UNDER HYPERBARIC CONDITIONS

Authors
HRNCIR E
Citation
E. Hrncir, FORCED EXPIRATION AND INSPIRATION UNDER HYPERBARIC CONDITIONS, Physiologia bohemoslovaca, 45(6), 1996, pp. 471-473
Citations number
8
Journal title
Physiologia bohemoslovaca → ACNP
ISSN journal
03699463
Volume
45
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
471 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0369-9463(1996)45:6<471:FEAIUH>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Assessment in 37 healthy volunteers (aged 23 to 53 years) provided evi dence that in a hyperbaric environment (0.4 MPa) a significant decline of expiratory and inspiratory dynamic indicators of pulmonary ventila tion occurs, as compared with normobaric conditions (0.1 MPa). This ph enomenon has a physical basis and it should be a contraindication for subjects with bronchopulmonary obstruction to dwell in a hyperbaric en vironment.