Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0020440 (
hypercapnia
)
7,939
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
On the evening of February 17th, 1864, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley attacked the Union ship
USS
Housatonic outside Charleston, South Carolina and became the first submarine in history to successfully sink an enemy ship in combat. One hypothesis for the sinking of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is that the crew, in the enclosed vessel, suffered a lack of oxygen and suffocated. This study estimates the effects of hypoxia and
hypercapnia
on the crew based on submarine gas volume and crew breathing dynamics. The calculations show the crew of the Hunley had a minimum of 10 min between the onset of uncomfortable
hypercapnia
symptoms and danger of loss of consciousness from hypoxia. Based on this result and the location of the crew when discovered, hypoxia and
hypercapnia
do not explain the sinking of the world's first successful combat submarine.
...
PMID:Did the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley suffocate? 2682 Dec 2
