New System May Allow Xenon Use To Protect Brain In Critically Ill Newborns

Breathing xenon gas can help protect the infant brain from damage caused by oxygen deprivation, but the xenon’s high cost and scarcity has precluded its widespread use. A newly developed “closed circuit system” may make xenon feasible, safe, and cost efficient for use in protecting the brains of critically ill infants, according to a study in the August issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on August 10th, 2009