Gases used in healthcare

Information for healthcare professionals.

Linde Healthcare is committed to quality care and patient safety, supported by pharmaceutical and medical device regulations and standards, from the selection of raw materials through production to the administration of the gases.

Linde Healthcare has pioneered medical gas products for many years

We are committed to working with healthcare providers and regulatory authorities to promote the best practice use of our products. We stay aligned with clinical progress and continue to design and redesign solutions that meet the unique needs of healthcare professionals and patients. We’ll support you in every aspect of the delivery and use of medical gases, including logistics, safety systems, technical solutions, and service as well as training.

Medical Gases

Latvijas zāļu reģistrs:
● CONOXIA (gas)
● CONOXIA (liquid)
Medicinal oxygen is widely used in every healthcare setting, with applications from anaesthesia to inhalation therapy.

Latvijas zāļu reģistrs:
● NIONTIX Medicinal nitrous oxide has played an important role in anaesthesia over many years.

Latvijas zāļu reģistrs:
● ENTONEX
With fast onset and offset for analgesia or sedation, medicinal nitrous oxide/oxygen mixture is used throughout hospitals and clinics.

A reliable supply of medicinal air is essential in hospitals, especially in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
In hospitals, medicinal air is used mainly for ventilation and aerosol therapy and during anaesthesia:
● When treating respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD, an effective way of delivering drug treatment is to direct it straight to the lungs by inhalation. Nebulisers are used to administer inhaled medication to patients who cannot use conventional inhalers. Medicinal air may be used to drive the drug treatment air to the nebuliser where liquid medication is converted to a mist that can be inhaled.
● Medicinal air is used as a carrier gas for narcotic substances in inhalational anaesthesia. It may also be used with nitric oxide as a substitute for supplemental oxygen to reduce the high concentration of oxygen exposure.
● Some patients are dependent on a reliable, high quality supply of medicinal air to protect their delicate and sensitive respiratory systems.



Calibration Gases

Calibration gases are essential to ensure the accuracy of the medical devices that are a crucial part of modern medical care.
Essential medical devices such as blood gas analysers require regular calibration to ensure continuing high levels of reliability and accuracy, and therefore accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatment for patients.
Supporting this important aspect of the operation of medical devices, Linde Healthcare provides calibration gas mixtures according to the specifications of each device manufacturer.


HBO – Hyperbaric Oxygen

HBO is an accepted treatment for decompression sickness. HBO means that the patient is given pure oxygen at an air pressure that is increased to 2 to 3 times normal air pressure. This treatment is given in hyperbaric chambers which are available at a number of special clinics. By giving such treatment, it is possible to increase oxygenation in the tissues to around 10 times higher values than when air is breathed at normal air pressure.  The treatment is used in various conditions when good oxygenation is to be achieved out in the tissues and can also be used to get rid of carbon monoxide from the blood more quickly in carbon monoxide poisoning and in decompression sickness when too rapid ascent has led to nitrogen being dissolved in the body and needing to be eliminated. 

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Brugsanvisning medicinsk kuldioxid





Lung Test Gases

Lung Test Gases are a key component when assessing lung function and cardiac output.
Lung Test Gases consist of gas mixtures containing a tracer gas. During the test, the exhaled gas is analysed and differences in the concentration of the tracer gas can be used to measure pulmonary function or lung blood flow. When used in conjunction with diagnostic equipment, these gas mixtures measure different functions of the lungs to help in assessing patients with serious lung disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or interstitial lung disease.
A typical lung function gas comprises a mixture of carbon monoxide and helium with the balance being oxygen and nitrogen. The carbon monoxide is used to test the transfer functionality of the lungs and helium helps to determine lung volume.


Carbon Dioxide (Medical Device)

Carbon dioxide is used as an insufflation gas and as a cooling agent.
Carbon Dioxide(Medical Device) has various medical purposes. It can be used as an insufflation gas for minimal invasive surgery (laparoscopy, endoscopy, and arthroscopy) to enlarge and stabilize body cavities for better visibility of the surgical field. Also, in its liquid phase, it can be used to provide temperatures down to -76° C, for cryotherapy or for local analgesia by external application onto the skin surface.
Other medical applications include transient respiratory stimulation and encouragement of deep breathing and coughing to prevent or treat atelectasis.






Nitrogen

Nitrogen (Medical device) is currently not available. For additional information please contact us by calling or e-mailing.
Nitrogen has various medical uses, especially in liquid form when it provides temperatures as low as -196°C.


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