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Current Inhalation Equipment for Analgesia with the Inert Gas Xenon

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Results of clinical studies of the effectiveness of the inert gas xenon as a component of analgesic therapy are reviewed. Pharmacoeconomic aspects of the analgesic use of xenon are considered. Contemporary medical technologies used for treatment with xenon–oxygen gas mixtures are also reviewed. Questions of the safety of using gas mixtures in devices with open, semiclosed, and closed respiratory circuits are discussed. The requirements for the inhalation monitoring procedure are formulated.

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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 55, No. 6, Nov.-Dec., 2021, pp. 42-44.

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Potapov, A.V. Current Inhalation Equipment for Analgesia with the Inert Gas Xenon. Biomed Eng 55, 429–432 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-022-10151-0

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