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2. Heliox - Wikipedia

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   Heliox is a breathing gas mixture of helium (He) and oxygen (O 2).It is used as a medical treatment for patients with difficulty breathing because this mixture generates less resistance than atmospheric air when passing through the airways of the lungs, and thus requires less effort by a patient to breathe in and out of the lungs.

3. Methylene blue - Wikipedia

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   [6] [2] Specifically, it is used to treat methemoglobin levels that are greater than 30% or in which there are symptoms despite oxygen therapy. [2] It has previously been used for treating cyanide poisoning and urinary tract infections, but this use is no longer recommended. [6] Methylene blue is typically given by injection into a vein. [6]

4. Not All Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies Are Created Equal - AOL

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   Another issue is that some of these facilities offer oxygen therapy with air pressure levels below 1.5, which may not be beneficial, Krantz says. “To be therapeutic, it must be at least 1.5 ...

5. Medical gas therapy - Wikipedia

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   Medical gas therapy is a treatment involving the administration of various gases. It has been used in medicine since the use of oxygen therapy. [1] Most of these gases are drugs, including oxygen. [2] Many other gases, collectively known as factitious airs, were explored for medicinal value in the late eighteenth century. In addition to oxygen ...

6. Solid oxygen - Wikipedia

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   Solid oxygen forms at normal atmospheric pressure at a temperature below 54.36 K (−218.79 °C, −361.82 °F). Solid oxygen O 2 , like liquid oxygen , is a clear substance with a light sky-blue color caused by absorption in the red part of the visible light spectrum.

7. Allotropes of oxygen - Wikipedia

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   There are several known allotropes of oxygen. The most familiar is molecular oxygen (O 2), present at significant levels in Earth's atmosphere and also known as dioxygen or triplet oxygen. Another is the highly reactive ozone (O 3). Others are: Atomic oxygen (O 1), a free radical. Singlet oxygen (O * 2), one of two metastable states of ...