Probability of altitude decompression sickness following a drop in pressure from 840 to 308 mm Hg
Barer, A.S.; Vakar, M.I.; Vorob'ev G.F.; Iseev, L.R.; Filipenkov, S.N.; Chadov, V.I.
Kosmicheskaia Biologiia i Aviakosmicheskaia Meditsina 16(1): 26-28
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0321-5040 PMID: 7062695 Document Number: 186942
The decompression from the hyperbaric air atmosphere with the pressure 840+/-5 mm Hg and subsequent 40 min exposure to the hypobaric atmosphere 308+/-1 mm Hg containing 40 to 95% O2 cause a decompression disease in 5-40% cases. The probability of the disease depends on the duration of nitrogen saturation at an increased pressure, physical fitness and individual susceptibility to decompression sickness.