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Normobaric Oxygen Therapy(a little used therapeutic system)

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Normobaric oxygen therapy is easy to administer in stay wards with a face mask. It has many effects: antibacterial action; anti-oedema effect; repairs soft tissues; stimulates the activity of the osteoblasts.

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Alemanno, F. (2020). Normobaric Oxygen Therapy(a little used therapeutic system) . In: Alemanno, F. (eds) Biochemistry for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26721-6_13

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