A new form of admissible pressure for Haldanian decompression models. (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blasselle, Alexis; Theron, Michael; Gardette, Bernard; Dugrenot, Emmanuel
• Is Part Of: Computers in biology and medicine. Volume 115(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: Scuba diving -- Decompression sickness -- Haldanian models -- Admissible pressure -- Personalized decompression; Medicine -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Biology -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 610.285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.103518
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-4825

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, we propose and study a new form of admissible pressure in the Haldanian framework. We then use it to study the surjectivity of the Gradient Factors on the space of the reachable decompression profiles, and investigate a particular case. This case leads to the proposition of a decompression strategy, whose crucial parameter is the ascent rate. An appropriate ascent rate is suggested as recommended by COMEX, through a physiologically relevantmethod. This new strategy enables the unification of the COMEX approach (not based on a tissuesaturation theory), with the Haldanian method.