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PREDICTIVE STUDIES V (PS V): Oxygen Tolerance and Toxicity.
Major Category: Pulmonary and neurologic O2 tolerance and toxicity (PS V)
Subcategory 6: Mental and psychomotor function.

Expt. Title: Human tolerance to continuous O2 exposure at 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 ATA. Predictive Studies V (PS V). (Expt. 9.70)

Date: 1983-1987

Description: See PS V "Experiment protocols and measurement modules" for general description.

Measurements:

Visual digit span test of short term memory, key insertion test of finger dexterity, operations test of number facility and general reasoning ability, visual reaction time test of response speed.

REPORT: Lambertsen, C.J., J.M. Clark, R. Gelfand, J.B. Pisarello, W.H. Cobbs, J.E. Bevilacqua, D.M. Schwartz, D.J. Montabana, C.S. Leach, P.C. Johnson, and D.E. Fletcher. Definition of tolerance to continuous hyperoxia in man. An abstract report of Predictive Studies V. In: Underwater and Hyperbaric Physiology IX. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Underwater and Hyperbaric Physiology. Edited by A.A. Bove, A.J. Bachrach, and L.J. Greenbaum. Bethesda: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 1987. pp. 717-735.

REPORT: Lambertsen, C.J. Extension of O2 tolerance in man: Philosophy and significance. Experimental Lung Research 14: 1035-1058, 1988.

REPORT: Lambertsen, C.J., J.M. Clark, R. Gelfand, J. Pisarello, R. Jackson, R. Marsh, W. Cobbs, R. Harner, J. Bevilacqua, D. Fletcher, and D. Montabana. Predictive Studies V - Tolerance of human organs and functions to continuous hyperoxia. Undersea Biomed. Res. 11 (Supp.): 34, 1984.

REPORT: Fletcher, D.E., R. Gelfand, C.J. Lambertsen, J.M. Clark, and J. Pisarello. Effects on human abilities of continuous O2 exposure at 3.0 ATA for 3.5 hours. Undersea Biomed. Res. 11 (Supp.): 34, 1984.

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