• Diving deeper into SCUBA SciencePeer reviewedOpen access 

      12 février 2017, BALESTRA, Costantinoorcid-id; GERMONPRÉ, Peter, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      The editors of and authors of this book are a cadre of scientists and physicians with broad experience and knowledge of diving physiology and decompression theory. As is often the case, it requires a group effort to succeed in advancing practical knowledge. The colloquialism "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is often true and the PHYPODE Reasearch Group epitomizes this concept. By ...
    • Hyperbaric medicinePeer reviewedOpen access 

      12 février 2023, BALESTRA, Costantinoorcid-id; Kot, Jacek, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      Oxygen (both its presence and absence) acts as a potent signaling mechanism in many, if not most, cellular processes. Oxygen has been used therapeutically mainly to alleviate or correct hypoxia, and has been administered in supra-atmospheric doses in the form of hyperbaric oxygen (a method derived from diving medicine practices, but has been used in non-diving applications since the 1960s). Hyperbaric ...
    • Oxygen VariationsPeer reviewedOpen access 

      26 septembre 2023, BALESTRA, Costantinoorcid-id; Virgili, Fabio; Mrakic-Sposta, Simona, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      For many years, diving and hyperbaric medicine has strived to increase our understanding of the effects of environmental stressors on human pathophysiology. It has demonstrated the importance of oxygen and has taught us not to fear this oxidative molecule, the name of which is derived from the ancient Greek meaning the “acid generator” or Oxy-Gene; indeed, at that time, it was believed that all acids ...
    • Qu'est-ce qui va changer? - Capitre dans Coeur et PlongéePeer reviewedOpen access 

      10 août 2017, BALESTRA, Costantinoorcid-id, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      Le monde sous-marin est devenu accessible au plus grand nombre. Les méthodes de plongée se sont diversifiées, la population de plongeurs aussi... Mais la plongée demeure une activité à risques. Les pathologies cardiaques peuvent faire courir des dangers importants, non seulement au plongeur, mais aussi à tous ceux impliqués en cas d'assistance. Or, les données concernant les décès en plongée mettent ...
    • Scuba Physiological: Think You Know All About Scuba Medicine? Think again!Peer reviewedOpen access 

      01 décembre 2017, Pridmore, Simon; Balestra, Costantino; GERMONPRÉ, Peter, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      "This book makes it easy to understand the latest discoveries in diving research. You will enjoy reading about our current understanding of what happens to our bodies when we dive." JP Imbert: Decompression designer and technical diving pioneer "As a doctor with a fair history and understanding of diving medicine and diving physiology I found the book interesting. It's the sort of book I would ...