Carbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless gas vital to life on Earth. This naturally occurring chemical compound is composed of a carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. Medical Carbon Dioxide is a liquefied medicinal gas, supplied in cylinders filled to a high pressure. Medical Carbon Dioxide may be used in different situations, e.g. during bodily investigations, to inflate body cavities during surgery (such as key-hole surgery), and in solid form (dry ice) for freezing of tissue and removal of warts.
Synonyms
Carbon dioxide
Brand Names
Compressed Gas N.O.S.
Carbon Dioxide Refrigerated
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix
Carbogen
Carbon Dioxide 30.1% W Air
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Carbon Dioxide USP, Oxygen USP Medical G.M.
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 23.1% W Oxygen
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 100%
Carbon Dioxide Air
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mix
Carbon Dioxide USP, Compressed Air USP M.G.m
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Air
Carbon Dioxide 12.1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixtures
Carbon Dioxide USP
Carbon Dioxide, Air
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mixture, Compressed, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Carbon Dioxide 15.1% W Air
Carbon Dioxide, Compressed Air Medical G.mix.
Carbon Dioxide U.S.p
Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide, Refrigerated
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture
Air 90% Carbon Dioxide 10%
Carbon Dioxide Air Mix
Compressed Gas, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 99%
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Mix
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 7.1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide-Air Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide Air Mixture
Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture
Indication
Carbon dioxide is commonly used as an insufflation gas for minimal invasive surgery (laparoscopy, endoscopy, and arthroscopy) to enlarge and stabilize body cavities to provide better visibility of the surgical area. It has been used also in cryotherapy and as respiratory stimulant before and after anesthesia. It could be used also in expansion of blood vessels if required, to increase carbon dioxide level after rapid breathing, and to stimulate breathing after a period of nonbreathing.
