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Flow chart describing the experimental design.
<p>Flow chart describing the experimental design.</p
Percents of dead rats and animals presenting neurological symptoms of decompression sickness within 30 min after surfacing.
<p>Percents of rats with high bubble grades (Spencer grades 3 and 4) during precordial bubble detection are also represented. Histogram in dark grey represents the group treated with sildenafil and light grey represents the controls. *âdenotes p<0.05 between groups.</p
Percents of blood cells consumption after decompression from the baseline in dark grey for the group of rats treated with sildenafil and light grey for the controls.
<p>*âdenotes p<0.05 between groups.</p
Percents of blood cells consumption after decompression from the baseline in dark grey for the mice treated with fluoxetine and light grey for the controls.
<p>*denotes a significant difference between pre- and post-decompression. On the right, changes (%) in circulating cytokine IL-6 levels after decompression from the baseline. $ denotes a significant difference between groups. *denotes p<0.05 from the baseline.</p
Percents of symptomatic mice suffering from decompression sickness (DCS) within 30 min after surfacing.
<p>Histogram in dark grey represents the mice treated with fluoxetine and light grey represents the controls. *denotes p<0.05 between groups. Distribution of symptoms is represented for each group.</p
Percents of successful grip tests (suspension time â„30 sec) in dark grey for the mice treated with fluoxetine and light grey for the controls.
<p>Grip tests were performed in each group to quantify forelimb involvement 15 and 30 min after surfacing. $ denotes p<0.05 between the groups and *denotes p<0.05 between the paired mice.</p
Flow chart describing the experimental design.
<p>Flow chart describing the experimental design.</p
Averaged bubble grades predicted from mathematical simulation in different configurations of exposures, with or without periods of pure oxygen breathing.
<p>v<sub>b</sub> is the total bubble volume in a conceptual tissue compartment (T<sub>1/2</sub>â=â400 min).</p
Simulation results for the decompression profile from 48-h air exposure to 5 bar (40 msw).
<p>Ambient pressure (Pamb, bar), breathing gas Nitrogen fraction (f<sub>N2</sub>), and estimated total bubble volume (v<sub>b</sub>, ml gas ml tissue<sup>â1</sup>) in a conceptual tissue compartment (T<sub>1/2</sub>â=â400 min). The corresponding estimated bubble grade according to the Spencer scale is indicated. Periods of pure O<sub>2</sub> breathing appear shaded in the figure.</p
Decompression procedure after saturation exposure to 50 msw.
<p>Five min of air breathing (air breaks) were given after 25 min of Oxygen breathing.</p