Medical gas therapy is a treatment involving the administration of various gases. It has been used in medicine since the use of oxygen therapy. Most of...
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Oxygen therapy, also referred to as supplemental oxygen, is the use of oxygen as medical treatment. Supplemental oxygen can also refer to the use of oxygen...
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Ozone therapy is an alternative medical treatment that introduces ozone or ozonides to the body. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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A therapy or medical treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. Both words, treatment and therapy...
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hormone therapy massage therapy medical gas therapy medical nutrition therapy medical therapy in general contexts means therapy and within medical contexts...
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Hyperbaric medicine (redirect from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)
is medical treatment in which an increase in barometric pressure over ambient pressure is employed increasing the partial pressures of all gases present...
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Oxygen concentrator (category Oxygen therapy)
to provide supplemental oxygen at high altitudes, and as medical devices for oxygen therapy. Oxygen concentrators are used widely for oxygen provision...
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for safety and inerting Glass, ceramics, other minerals Lifting gas Medical gas therapy Metallurgy Propellant Refrigerators rocket propellant Rubber, plastics...
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Gangrene (section Gas gangrene)
gas gangrene, internal gangrene, and necrotizing fasciitis. The diagnosis of gangrene is based on symptoms and supported by tests such as medical imaging...
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Gaslighting (redirect from Gas lighting effect)
describe ordinary disagreements. The term originates in the 1938 British play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton. The play was adapted into a 1940 film in the UK...
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Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill...
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humidified high-flow therapy, often simply called high flow therapy , is a type of respiratory support that delivers a flow of medical gas to a patient of...
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Venturi mask (category Medical breathing apparatus)
air-entrainment mask, is a medical device to deliver a known oxygen concentration to patients on controlled oxygen therapy. The mask was invented by Moran...
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Laser medicine (redirect from Laser therapy)
Laser medicine is the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy, photorejuvenation, and laser surgery...
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Non-rebreather mask (category Oxygen therapy)
noninvasive mechanical ventilation. Oxygen therapy – Use of oxygen as a medical treatment Nasal cannula – Medical device to deliver supplemental oxygen Bag...
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of lifting mass into orbit is very high. Medical use of breathing gases other than air include oxygen therapy and anesthesia applications. Oxygen is required...
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countries for patients using oxygen therapy. Oxygen therapy – Use of oxygen as a medical treatment Hyperbaric medicine – Medical treatment at raised ambient pressure...
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Cryotherapy (redirect from Cryogenic chamber therapy)
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy can be used in many ways...
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Nasal cannula (category Medical equipment)
which gas exchange occurs, and little is wasted in dead space. Oxygen tank – Storage vessel for oxygen Oxygen therapy – Use of oxygen as a medical treatment...
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Nissen fundoplication (redirect from Gas bloat syndrome)
disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia. In GERD, it is usually performed when medical therapy has failed; but, with a Type II (paraesophageal) hiatus hernia, it...
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Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), cold laser therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) or red light therapy is a form of medicine that applies low-level (low-power)...
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Gas gangrene (also known as clostridial myonecrosis) is a bacterial infection that produces tissue gas in gangrene. This deadly form of gangrene usually...
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of mustard gas can be neutralized by decontamination solutions such as "DS2" (2% NaOH, 70% diethylenetriamine, 28% 2-methoxyethanol).[medical citation needed]...
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Portable oxygen concentrator (redirect from Home oxygen therapy)
both continuous flow as well as pulse flow oxygen. Medical: Allows patients to utilize oxygen therapy 24/7 and reduce mortality as much 1.94 times less...
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Vapotherm (category Medical technology companies of the United States)
80:20 heliox gas for use in patients who may benefit from heliox therapy. In November 2015 Vapotherm announced its own model of medical air compressor...
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anesthesia machine (American English) is a medical device used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and inhalational anaesthetic agents for...
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Association for Medical Transcription, ISBN 0-935229-38-8, copyright 2002 "Stedman's Online | Reference" (PDF). The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 28th...
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Nebulizer (category Respiratory therapy)
liquid). Heated humidified high-flow therapy Inhaler Humidifier Vaporizer List of medical inhalants Spray bottle Medical Dictionary. "Nebulizer". Retrieved...
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their tear gas-related health issues. It has been shown that health issues associated with the exposure to tear gas are often require medical attention...
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Naturopathy (redirect from Natural therapy)
medicines and therapies can pose a risk to patient health either directly through misuse or indirectly if a patient defers seeking medical advice." The...
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