The Iceni
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Dr Deco once bubbled...
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Do Rcohn and I get gold stars (or honorary regulator status) for being observant and attentive students?
No observations on ESR and PV?
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Dr Deco once bubbled...
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I transposed the legend for the bar graphs.
Dr Paul Thomas said...
Zept, what efforts did you take to ensure you did not become dehydrated, even if only relatively speaking?
I think you are sensible not to repeat this schedule. Remembering that the time to total desaturation from nitrogen is more than two and a half days, four solid days of diving is "pushing it a bit". I think this is evidence that the commonly used tables are not very accurate over extended periods. I always have a break from diving every third day.Zept once bubbled...
The dives:
Day 1: Four dives
Day 2: Three dives
Day 3: Five multilevel dives
Day 4: Three multilevel dives. . .
I think it was docVikingo who recently advised to keep drinking until your urine is colourless. That is the only clue we have to adequate hydration. In humid tropical climes insensible perspiration does predispose to a relative dehydration in any case when you are still acclimatising, but after 18 months I have no doubt you are now fully acclimatised.I don't think dehydration was a factor. I've been living in Singapore for 18 months now and I've got used to drinking copious quantities of water, all the time. When I'm diving, I drink even more...
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I would be interested to learn if there is a recognised marker for reduced surfactant behaviour in blood (which could possibly be worsened by dehydration in at-risk individuals) as this would explain the protective effect of adequate hydration and the increased risks of DCI associated with dehydration.
For example, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma viscocity are used as non-specific markers in disease. Do you know if these are affected by an individual's hydration status?