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I believe that rapid descents have been implicated in narcosis.  I
vaguely remember (and probably have wrong) speculation that this was due
to CO2 build up, potentiating inert gas narcosis.

I do not have any references, web based or otherwise.  However,
http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc/n2narc.htm has a bunch of really good
references to narcosis in general.

OSHA, at http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/commercialdiving/index.html,
claims that rate of descent is a factor.  They list references to
support this - but they are book length.  You probably want "Physiology
and Medicine of Diving", by P. Bennett, M.D. & D.H. Elliott, M.D., which
you can conveniently pick up at
http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf/amazon.html#Medicine

Safe net.diving,

Wrolf

Fred Klauber wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of any research/articles pertaining to physiological
> effects (other than possible ear problems) due to  rapid descents  when
> diving?
> 

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