Physiology of decompression | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-26

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00:02:32 1 Solubility
00:03:32 2 Diffusion
00:04:56 3 Inert gas uptake (Ingassing)
00:06:21 3.1 Perfusion
00:06:56 3.2 Saturation and supersaturation
00:07:46 3.3 Tissue half times
00:09:05 4 Outgassing of tissues
00:10:18 4.1 Inherent unsaturation
00:12:25 5 Bubble formation, growth and elimination
00:13:18 5.1 Bubble mechanics
00:15:11 5.2 Bubble nucleation
00:16:27 5.3 Bubble growth
00:18:19 5.4 Bubble distribution
00:19:14 5.5 Bubble elimination
00:20:18 6 Isobaric counterdiffusion (ICD)
00:24:37 7 Ultrasonic bubble detection in decompression research
00:28:33 8 Decompression sickness and injuries
00:29:08 8.1 Problems due to vascular decompression bubbles
00:30:03 8.2 Extravascular bubbles
00:30:44 9 Factors influencing uptake and elimination of dissolved gases and decompression risk
00:31:50 9.1 Breathing gas composition
00:33:12 9.2 Body temperature and exercise
00:34:25 9.3 Other factors
00:35:18 10 Saturation decompression



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The physiology of decompression involves a complex interaction of gas solubility, partial pressures and concentration gradients, diffusion, bulk transport and bubble mechanics in living tissues. Gas is breathed at ambient pressure, and some of this gas dissolves into the blood and other fluids. Inert gas continues to be taken up until the gas dissolved in the tissues is in a state of equilibrium with the gas in the lungs, (see: "Saturation diving"), or the ambient pressure is reduced until the inert gases dissolved in the tissues are at a higher concentration than the equilibrium state, and start diffusing out again.The absorption of gases in liquids depends on the solubility of the specific gas in the specific liquid, the concentration of gas, customarily measured by partial pressure, and temperature. In the study of decompression theory the behaviour of gases dissolved in the tissues is investigated and modeled for variations of pressure over time. Once dissolved, distribution of the dissolved gas may be by diffusion, where there is no bulk flow of the solvent, or by perfusion where the solvent (blood) is circulated around the diver's body, where gas can diffuse to local regions of lower concentration. Given sufficient time at a specific partial pressure in the breathing gas, the concentration in the tissues will stabilise, or saturate, at a rate depending on the solubility, diffusion rate and perfusion. If the concentration of the inert gas in the breathing gas is reduced below that of any of the tissues, there will be a tendency for gas to return from the tissues to the breathing gas. This is known as outgassing, and occurs during decompression, when the reduction in ambient pressure or a change of breathing gas reduces the partial pressure of the inert gas in the lungs.The combined concentrations of gases in any given tissue will depend on the history of pressure and gas composition. Under equilibrium conditions, the total concentration of dissolved gases will be less than the ambient pressure, as oxygen is metabolised in the tissues, and the carbon dioxide produced is much more soluble. However, during a reduction in ambient pressure, the rate of pressure reduction may exceed the rate at which gas can be eliminated by diffusion and perfusion, and if the concentration gets too high, it may reach a stage where bubble formation can occur in the supersaturated tissues. When the pressure of gases in a bubble exceed the combined external pressures of ambient pressure and the surface tension from the bubble - liquid interface, the bubbles will grow, and this growth can cause damage to tissues. Symptoms caused by this damage are known as Decompression sickness.The actual rates of diffusion and perfusion, and the solubility of gases in ...