What should be maintained during recompression treatment according to the established rules?

During recompression treatment, it is essential to maintain specific descent and ascent rates to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the therapy. These rates are critical because rapid changes in pressure can lead to various complications, including barotrauma or decompression sickness. A controlled descent allows for the gradual acclimatization of the patient's body to increased pressure, which is necessary to minimize the risk of nitrogen bubbles forming in the tissues and bloodstream. Similarly, a regulated ascent rate helps to safely eliminate excess nitrogen from the body and reduces the chance of developing decompression sickness as the pressure decreases.

Other factors such as room temperature, oxygen levels, and dietary considerations, while they may play roles in providing overall comfort and health, do not have the same critical impact on the physiological responses to pressure changes during recompression treatment as the descent and ascent rates do. Proper management of these rates is a foundational principle in hyperbaric medicine that ensures patient safety and treatment efficacy.