• Problems during diving can result from toxic effects of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide.
    (See also Overview of Diving Injuries.)
    Air is a mixture of gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen with very small amounts of other gases. Each gas has a partial pressure, based on its concentration in the air and on the atmospheric pressure. Both oxygen and nitrogen can have harmful effects at high partial pressures.


    Gas toxicity during diving meaning & definition 1 of Gas toxicity during diving.


  • Various physiologic (eg, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide) and nonphysiologic (eg, carbon monoxide) gases can cause symptoms during diving.

    (See also Overview of Diving Injuries.)

    Gas toxicity during diving meaning & definition 2 of Gas toxicity during diving.

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