Live and let dive: diving and lung health
Symposium Chairs: B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), R. Van Hulst (Den Helder, Netherlands)
Aims: The aims of this symposium are to:
- explain what the long-term effects are on the lungs of divers and especially on divers with large lungs;
- explain and display new tests, like NO diffusing capacity, as a necessity to include in the physical examination of the professional diver;
- give insight in the respiratory system while diving, with or without apparatus, with or without enriched mixtures.