Case report: thermal helium in the treatment of coronavirus pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)
https://doi.org/10.20340/vmi-rvz.2021.1.COVID.1
Abstract
The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which originated in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has triggered an outbreak of a respiratory illness called COVID-19. Helium is a colorless inert gas, odorless and tasteless. Thermal helium-oxygen therapy is a new and innovative method that allows you to maintain the diffusion capacity of the lungs. The clinical case presented in this article shows that inhalation of a thermal gas mixture of helium and oxygen (t-He/O2) in the standard therapy of a patient with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 positively influenced the clinical picture of the disease, improves gas exchange, and promotes accelerating the elimination of the virus, rehabilitation and discharge of the patient.
About the Authors
S. V. Zhuravel’Moscow
P. V. Gavrilov
Moscow
N. K. Kuznetsova
Moscow
I. I. Utkina
Moscow
M. A. Talyzin
Russian Federation
Moscow
V. E. Aleksandrova
Moscow
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Zhuravel’ S.V., Gavrilov P.V., Kuznetsova N.K., Utkina I.I., Talyzin M.A., Aleksandrova V.E. Case report: thermal helium in the treatment of coronavirus pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Bulletin of the Medical Institute "REAVIZ" (REHABILITATION, DOCTOR AND HEALTH). 2021;(1):5-10. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20340/vmi-rvz.2021.1.COVID.1