title: Just say NO to decompression bubbles: is there a real link between nitric oxide and bubble production or reduction in humans?
authors.affiliation: Haute Ecole Paul-Henri Spaak, Environmental and Occupational Physiology Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium, is President of the European Underwater and Baromedical Society. E-mail: costantino.balestra@eubs.org.
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balestra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D064797:Physical Conditioning, Human / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide
keywords: Bubbles; decompression sickness; editorial; nitric oxide; venous gas embolism