Gas exchange and pulmonary stress variations during SCUBA and breath‐hold diving in open seawater
increased at depth (except in three participants), then values fell to hypoxaemia on surfacing. Post-dive lung ultrasound showed subclinical interstitial oedema - from focal B-lines to diffuse patterns - and pleural irregularities more marked after deeper dives and in BHDs than in SCUBA. Circulating glycocalyx markers increased post-dive, consistent with endothelial stress.
Authors
- Enrico Maria Camporesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-1097)
- Luca Martani
- Rosario Cifali
- Tommaso Antonio Giacon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-0628)
- Vincenzo Maffei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-1421)
- Matteo Paganini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7556-6928)
- Mariano Marmo
- Richard E. Moon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4432-0332)
- Danilo Cialoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7655-1261)
- Lorenzo Zucchi
- Gerardo Bosco
- Simona Mrakic‐Sposta
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- Duke University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- University of Chieti-Pescara (IT)
- Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli (IT)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- National Research Council (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physiology
- Published
- 2026-04-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jp290397
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Office of Naval Research