Diving
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Neurological symptoms after a provocative dive: spinal DCS or anterior spinal artery syndrome?

29 Sep 2009 Reported here is a 37-yr-old professional diving instructor who had developed complaints of back pain and weakness in the lower extremities after diving. He was eventually diagnosed as having spinal cord decompression sickness along with a likely ... Read more...

Modeling marine protected areas for threatened eiders in a climatically changing Bering Sea.

30 Aug 2009 Delineating protected areas for sensitive species is a growing challenge as changing climate alters the geographic pattern of habitats as well as human responses to those shifts. When human impacts are expected within projected ranges of threatened ... Read more...

Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus).

17 Aug 2009 Balaenid whales perform long breath-hold foraging dives despite a high drag from their ram filtration of zooplankton. To maximize the volume of prey acquired in a dive with limited oxygen supplies, balaenids must either filter feed only occasionally ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diving'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neurological symptoms after a provocative dive: spinal DCS or anterior spinal artery syndrome? 29 Sep 2009
• Modeling marine protected areas for threatened eiders in a climatically changing Bering Sea. 30 Aug 2009
• The deepest dive: how far down can a free diver go? 22 Aug 2009
• Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). 17 Aug 2009
• In situ blood oxygen analysis for a truly free-living deep-diving animal. Focus on "Extreme hypoxemic tolerance and blood oxygen depletion in diving elephant seals". 17 Aug 2009
• [Scuba diving and hyperbaric medicine] 17 Aug 2009
• This month in aerospace medicine history. 30 Jul 2009
• B-type natriuretic peptide after open-water and hyperbaric chamber exposure to 10 msw. 30 Jul 2009
• Extreme hypoxemic tolerance and blood oxygen depletion in diving elephant seals. 27 Jul 2009
• In search of optimal compression therapy for venous leg ulcers: a meta-analysis of studies comparing divers bandages with specifically designed stockings. 10 Jul 2009
• Seasonal movements, aggregations and diving behavior of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) revealed with archival tags. 5 Jul 2009
• Increased serum levels of the brain damage marker S100B after apnea in trained breath-hold divers: a study including respiratory and cardiovascular observations. 30 Jun 2009
• Orbital fracture deterioration after scuba diving. 29 Jun 2009
• Diving medicine: a review of current evidence. 29 Jun 2009
• Western Australian recreational scuba diving fatalities, 1992 to 2005. 30 May 2009
• Posttraumatic appendicitis: further extending the extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma examination. 30 May 2009
• Hyperbaric oxygen pretreatment according to the gas micronuclei denucleation hypothesis reduces neurologic deficit in decompression sickness in rats. 19 May 2009
• Effect of in-water recompression with oxygen to 6 msw versus normobaric oxygen breathing on bubble formation in divers. 6 May 2009
• Effects of depth and chest volume on cardiac function during breath-hold diving. 6 May 2009
• Could beaked whales get the bends? Effect of diving behaviour and physiology on modelled gas exchange for three species: Ziphius cavirostris, Mesoplodon densirostris and Hyperoodon ampullatus. 5 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Diving'

Definition: An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals.

Descriptor UI: D004242

Alternative terms: Diving; Divings;

Related Mesh Headings: Decompression Sickness; Inert Gas Narcosis;

Allowable Qualifiers: injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; adverse effects; physiology; classification; economics; education; history;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.845.869.110; N06.230.150.150;

History Note: was in Cat G only 1975-80; was in Cat E only 1968-74; was in Cat E & J 1963-67

Technical Notes: human & animal; /adv eff permitted for hazards of diving as a Cat G3 concept, /inj permitted for diving as a sport in Cat I: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; includes scuba & bell diving