Enriched Air Nitrox Breathing Reduces Venous Gas Bubbles after Simulated SCUBA Diving: A Double-Blind Cross-Over Randomized Trial

Vincent Souday,Nick J. Koning,Bruno Perez,Fabien Grelon,Alain Mercat,Christa Boer,Valérie Seegers,Peter Radermacher,Pierre Asfar

Enriched Air Nitrox Breathing Reduces Venous Gas Bubbles after Simulated SCUBA Diving: A Double-Blind Cross-Over Randomized Trial

2016

Vincent Souday
Nick J. Koning
Bruno Perez
Fabien Grelon
Alain Mercat
Christa Boer
Valérie Seegers
Peter Radermacher
Pierre Asfar

Objective To test the hypothesis whether enriched air nitrox (EAN) breathing during simulated diving reduces decompression stress when compared to compressed air breathing as assessed by intravascular bubble formation after decompression.

Keywords:

Breathing
Decompression
Breathing
Partial pressure
Environmental science
Decompression sickness
Compressed air
Anesthesia
Liquid bubble
Nitrox
Medicine
scuba diving
Oxygen toxicity

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