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- Title
Circulating Venous Bubbles in Children After Diving.
- Authors
Lemaître, Frédéric; Carturan, Daniel; Tourny-Chollet, Claire; Gardette, Bernard
- Abstract
Doppler ultrasonic detection of circulating venous bubbles after a scuba dive is a useful index of decompression safety in adults, since a relationship between bubbles and the risk of decompression sickness has been documented. No study, however, has investigated circulating venous bubbles in young recreational divers after their usual dives. The aim of this study was to determine whether these bubbles would be detected in children who performed a single dive without any modification in their diving habits. Ten young recreational divers (13.1 ± 2.3 years) performed their usual air dive. They were Doppler-monitored 20 min before the dive (12 ± 3 m for 26 ± 7 min) and for 60 min after surfacing, at 20-min intervals. No circulating venous bubbles were detected after the children surfaced. The results showed that during a usual shallow diving session, venous bubbles were not detected in children.
- Subjects
DEEP diving; VENOUS pressure; CHILDREN; DEEP diving -- Physiological aspects; DOPPLER ultrasonography; VENOUS gas embolism
- Publication
Pediatric Exercise Science, 2009, Vol 21, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
0899-8493
- Publication type
Article