Wetenschappelijke artikelen
Geselecteerde wetenschappelijke artikelen over duikgeneeskunde en -fysiologie
2018 mrt 31
Spirometry and oxidative stress after rebreather diving in warm water
Bosco G., Rizzato A., Quartesan S., Camporesi E., Mrakic-Sposta S., Moretti S., Balestra C., Rubini A.

Introduction: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) therapy and use of enriched air can result in oxidative injury affecting the brain, lungs and eyes. HBO₂ exposure during diving can lead to a decrease in respiratory parameters. However, the possible effects of acute exposure to oxygen-enriched diving on subsequent spirometric performance and oxidative state in humans have not been recently described recently. We aim to investigate possible effects of acute (i) hyperbaric and (ii) hyperbaric hyperoxic exposure using scuba or closed-circuit rebreather (CCR) on subsequent spirometry and to assess the role of oxidative state after hyperoxic diving.

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2016 jun 15
Commentaries on Viewpoint: Why predominantly neurological DCS in breath-hold divers?
Balestra C.

IPAVA RECRUITMENT CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF ARTERIALIZED MICROBUBBLES!

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2009 jan 1
Discussion: Decompression Physiology and Methodology
Molvaer O.I., Gennser M., Brubakk A., Ellingsen O., Gardiner B., Hope A., Moon R., Richardson R., Dujic Z., Doolette D., Perdrizet G., Lindholm P., Ross J., Eftedal O., Angelini S., Kayar S., Gutvik C., Gaustad S., Thorsen E., Balestra C., Jacobsen J.E., Pontier J., Fahlman A., Mollerlokken A., Skjerven L., Masoy S., Knaus D, Buckey J., Blatteau J., Arnfinsen A., Havnes M.

This publication of the proceedings of “The Future of Diving: 100 Years of Haldane and Beyond” is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and Trondheim University. The symposium was convened by the Baromedical and Environmental Physiology Group of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, on 18–19 December 2008.

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2009 jan 1
Discussion: Diving Researcher Recruitment
Molvaer O.I., Gennser M., Brubakk A., Ellingsen O., Gardiner B., Hope A., Moon R., Richardson R., Dujic Z., Doolette D., Perdrizet G., Lindholm P., Ross J., Eftedal O., Angelini S., Kayar S., Gutvik C., Gaustad S., Thorsen E., Balestra C., Jacobsen J.E., Pontier J., Fahlman A., Mollerlokken A., Skjerven L., Masoy S., Knaus D, Buckey J., Blatteau J., Arnfinsen A., Havnes M.

This publication of the proceedings of “The Future of Diving: 100 Years of Haldane and Beyond” is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and Trondheim University. The symposium was convened by the Baromedical and Environmental Physiology Group of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, on 18–19 December 2008.

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2012 jan 1
Dive Computer Use in Recreational Diving: Insights from the DAN-DSL Database
Balestra C.

Data from the DAN Europe Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL) suggest that approximately 95% of recreational diving is carried out today using a dive computer. The most widely dived computers/algorithms, irrespective of brand, use the Bühlmann ZHL-16 or the Wienke RGBM algorithm, with roughly a 50/50 distribution across the DSL population. The vast majority of the 167 recorded decompression sickness (DCS) cases occurred without any significant violation of the respective algorithm’s limits, i.e., most occurred while using gradient factors that were well below the maximum allowed by the algorithm.

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