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| Kay TetzlaffSummaryAffiliation: Boehringer Ingelheim Publications
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[Scuba diving and the heart. Cardiac aspects of sport scuba diving]Claus Martin Muth
Sektion Anasthesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitat Ulm, Ulm
Herz 29:406-13. 2004..Any history of cardiac disease or abnormalities detected during the routine medical examination should prompt to further evaluation and specialist referral...
Effects of ambient cold and depth on lung function in humans after a single scuba diveK Tetzlaff
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Biberach, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 85:125-9. 2001..The changes after cold dives to 10 m, however, were of minor magnitude. Both cold and depth seemed to contribute to the adverse effects of a single compressed-air dive on pulmonary function...
Breathing at depth: physiologic and clinical aspects of diving while breathing compressed gasKay Tetzlaff
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic and Polyclinic, University of Tubingen, Silcherstrasse 5, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Clin Chest Med 26:355-80, v. 2005..The causes of the major medical problems encountered in diving are described, with an emphasis on the underlying respiratory physiology...
Evaluation and management of decompression illness--an intensivist's perspectiveKay Tetzlaff
1st Department of Medicine, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 12, 24105, Kiel, Germany
Intensive Care Med 29:2128-36. 2003..This article reviews the underlying pathophysiology, clinical presentation and therapeutic options available to treat DCI, from the intensivist's perspective...
A review of asthma and scuba divingKay Tetzlaff
1st Department of Medicine, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel Medical School, Germany
J Asthma 39:557-66. 2002..Recommendations on fitness to dive with asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness are provided...
Demographics and respiratory illness prevalence of sport scuba diversK Tetzlaff
Medical Clinic and Polyclinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University of Tubingen, Germany
Int J Sports Med 26:607-10. 2005..These subjects deserve particular guidance on related risks and disease management...
Decline of FEV1 in scuba diversKay Tetzlaff
Medical Clinic and Polyclinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University of Tuebingen Silcherstrasse 5, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Chest 130:238-43. 2006..Obstructive changes in lung function have been reported with cumulative scuba diving exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate the decline in FEV1 in scuba divers over time...
Responsiveness of the cough and sputum assessment questionnaire in exacerbations of COPD and chronic bronchitisBrigitta U Monz
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Binger Strasse 173, D 55216 Ingelheim, Germany
Respir Med 104:534-41. 2010..The four domains (cough/sputum symptom and impact) use scales from 0 to 100, with lower scores indicating higher symptom/impact levels...
Characteristics of the respiratory mechanical and muscle function of competitive breath-hold diversKay Tetzlaff
Medical Clinic and Policlinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University of Tëbingen, Silcherstrasse 5, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 103:469-75. 2008..7-6.6) L/kPa after 3 min (p < 0.01). We conclude that in experienced BHD there is a transient alteration in lung elastic recoil. Resting lung function did not reveal a pattern indicative of altered lung ventilatory or muscle function...
Hypoxia and cardiac arrhythmias in breath-hold divers during voluntary immersed breath-holdsJochen Hansel
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic, University of Tuebingen, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 105:673-8. 2009..01). In conclusion, ectopic arrhythmias were common during maximal static apneas for training purposes. The results indicate that the occurrence of ectopic beats is associated with individual factors such as the tolerable SaO(2) decrease...
Lung function in military oxygen divers: a longitudinal studyKay Tetzlaff
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic and Polyclinic, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Aviat Space Environ Med 76:974-7. 2005..Factors other than hyperoxia (e.g., venous gas microemboli and altered breathing gas characteristics) may account for the long-term effects that have been found in professional divers...
Effect of simulated dives on diastolic function in healthy menJochen Hansel
Department of Sports Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Silcherstrasse 5, Tubingen, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 112:193-9. 2012..Factors other than immersion, cold, or nitrogen microbubbles may contribute to acute changes in cardiac function after single scuba dives...
Association between right-to-left shunts and brain lesions in sport diversTibo Gerriets
Department of Neurology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Am Steg 20, 35390 Giessen, Germany
Aviat Space Environ Med 74:1058-60. 2003....
Right-to-left shunts and risk of decompression illnessKay Tetzlaff
Crit Care Med 31:2083. 2003
Leukotriene-B4 concentrations in exhaled breath condensate and lung function after thirty minutes of breathing technically dried compressed airBirger Neubauer
German Naval Medical Institute, D 24119 Kronshagen
Int Marit Health 53:93-101. 2002..The present data gave no evidence for any inflammatory activity in the subjects' airways after thirty minutes breathing technically dried air...
Mechanical impedance of the respiratory tract in divers before and after simulated deep divesBirger Neubauer
See Berufsgenossenschaft, Reimerstwiete 2, 20457, Hamburg, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 95:454-63. 2005..Moreover this study could not confirm changes in spirometry after simulated diving exposure...
