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Lung Radiation Therapy Helps Hospitalized CoVid Patients

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 9:27 p.m.

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/lhtdJt10hY8

 

A single treatment of low dose lung radiation therapy makes it 17% less likely for  hospitalized CoVid patients to require intubation.  Researchers at Atlanta’s Emory University now report their use of this technique in 20 oxygen-dependent CoVid patients also receiving steroids and/or the anti-viral drug remdesivir.

 

Using a case-control technique, the radiation-treated CoVid patients suffered progression requiring intubation and ventilation in only 14% of cases.  Those not receiving the radiation, deteriorated in 32% of cases.   Most of these radiated patients, some 80%, enjoyed a faster decline of inflammation.

 

Hopefully, larger studies will confirm that lung radiation is a safe, effective way to  keep patients off ventilators. 

 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.10.21251242v1.full.pdf+html

 

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