N.V. YARYGIN, E.A. SHOMINA

 Moscow State Medical and Dentistry University named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow

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Shomina E.A. — PhD (medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Disaster Medicine and Safety of Living

Address: 20/1 Delegatskaya St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 127473, tel.: +7-985-928-64-38, e-mail: 9286438@mail.ru

A promising issue of anesthesiology development in the 21^st century is methods of complementary medicine. Its main direction is influencing a human body with physical and chemical properties of simulated respiratory gas mixtures (RGM) based on inert gases-thinners of oxygen having physiological and narcotic activity, i. e. medical gases. Thus, xenon is applied in medicine. Xe (xenon) is a heavy gas, the physical and chemical properties of which improve the function of external respiration: the diffusion coefficient increases, the gas density decreases. It improves the transfer of gas all over the bronchial tree, the diffusion of carbon dioxide and oxygen in alveolar space, thus improving the gas exchange and acid-base equilibrium of blood. In this review, physical and physiological features of application of medical xenon are considered. Information search was carried out in Scientific Electronic Library, Scientific Central Medical Library, PubMed, and Scopus.

Key words: xenon, application of xenon in medicine, anesthesiology, simulated respiratory gas mixtures.

(For citation: Yarygin N.V., Shomina E.A. Use of xenon in medical practice (literature review). Practical medicine. 2022. Vol. , № , P.)