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Host Response Against Hyperbaric Diving Stresses

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Diving is a very stressful condition for humans. In addition to limited measures for breathing gas supply, hyperbaric and/or hyperoxic stresses are associated with various kinds of diving measures depending upon the diving procedures. Factors affecting host responses may include not only types of diving or concomitant factors such as gas supply systems and breathing gases themselves but also various situations caused under high pressure. Hyperbaric diving stresses are very unique from the viewpoint of diving physiology as well as an emerging discipline, e.g., molecular based medicine. In this chapter, host response against hyperbaric and/or hyperoxic stresses is discussed through the mechanisms of diving-related disorders.

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Shinomiya, N. (2020). Host Response Against Hyperbaric Diving Stresses. In: Shinomiya, N., Asai, Y. (eds) Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7836-2_2

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