Experiment 68494

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationTAYLOR,DM: O'TOOLE,KS: AUBLE,TE: RYAN,CM: SHERMAN,DR:. (2000). THE PSYCHOMETRIC AND CARDIAC EFFECTS OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE IN THE HYPERBARIC ENVIRONMENT.. 20(9)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE PSYCHOMETRIC AND ARDIAC EFFECTS WERE EXAMD. OF PSEUDOEPHRINE AT 1 AND 3 ATM (ATM) OF PRESSURE (O AND 66 FT OF SEA WATER, RESP.), AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE AGENT'S SAFETY IN THE DIVING ENVIRONMENT. MONOPLACE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER OF A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WAS USED. THIRTY ACTIVE DIVERS (MEAN AGE 38 YRS) WERE STUDIED. A BANK OF 7 TESTS WAS USED TO ASSESS COGNITIVE FUNCTION DURIG 4 DIFFERENT SIMULATED DIVE COMBINATIONS: PLACEBO-1 ATM, PLACEBO-3 ATM, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE-1 ATM, AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE-3 ATM. HEART RATE AND CARDIAC RHYTHM WERE RECORDED DURING ALL DIVES. REPEATED- MEASURES ANAL. OF VARIANCE WAS USED TO ANALYZE THE EFFE TS OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, DEPTH, AND DRUG-DEPTH INTERACTION.
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE