Air Liquide Launches an Innovative Product for Anesthesia
Xenon is a colourless and odourless rare gas. It is an extremely minute element of atmospheric air and its therapeutic effects were first noted in 1951. Thanks to its pharmaceutical properties, anesthetists consider xenon an ideal anesthetic with minimal side effects. Indeed numerous studies on patients in selected German and European clinics have been performed since 1998; they proved xenon is absorbed via the respiratory tract and does not affect the metabolism of a patient in any way. Furthermore, xenon has a very strong analgesic effect. Waking up and recovery of the patient following medical surgery can thus be achieved more easily and rapidly..
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