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MEDICAL CARBON DIOXIDE is a brand name for Carbon Dioxide. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: As an anaesthetic supplement in various clinical circumstances to maintain optimum blood carbon dioxide levels, facilitate blind intubation and rapidly increase depth of anaesthesia with volatile agents. As a respiratory stimulant after apnoea or after relief of chronic respiratory obstruction. To prevent hypocapnia…
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Use in adults, including the elderly and children For respiratory use at concentrations of 5% or less, except for certain investigations where concentration may exceed 5%. Also 100% carbon dioxide may be used for insufflation.
If a normal, conscious individual inhales 5% carbon dioxide, the rate and depth of breathing rise and the minute volume increases 2-5 fold. The skin becomes pink and warm and there may be sweating and a sense of discomfort. There is no effect on consciousness or mental function, even with long exposures.
After a prolonged exposure, when the return to breathing air takes place, an “off effect” may develop with malaise, pallor, headache and occasional nausea and vomiting, probably due to the metabolic disturbance as a result of breathing a volatile acid.
Cardiac dysrhythmias have been reported in patients undergoing laparoscopy as a result of high blood carbon dioxide levels. Cardiac arrest due to gas embolism has been reported.
Carbon dioxide should not be used in acidosis, in respiratory obstruction and during resuscitation.
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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