Low-dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: a pilot study

Low-dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: a pilot study

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as pandemic in March 2020. Currently there is no specific effective treatment for COVID-19. The major cause of death in COVID-19 is severe pneumonia leading to respiratory failure. Radiation in low doses (

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of radiology 2021-10, Vol.94 (1126), p.20210187-20210187
Hauptverfasser: Sharma, Daya Nand, Guleria, Randeep, Wig, Naveet, Mohan, Anant, Rath, Goura, Subramani, Vellaiyan, Bhatnagar, Sushma, Mallick, Supriya, Sharma, Aman, Patil, Pritee, Madan, Karan, Soneja, Manish, Thulkar, Sanjay, Singh, Angel, Singh, Sheetal
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
COVID-19 - radiotherapy
Early Warning Score
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pilot Projects
Pneumonia, Viral - radiotherapy
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Radiotherapy Dosage
SARS-CoV-2
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Zusammenfassung:The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as pandemic in March 2020. Currently there is no specific effective treatment for COVID-19. The major cause of death in COVID-19 is severe pneumonia leading to respiratory failure. Radiation in low doses (
ISSN:0007-1285
1748-880X
DOI:10.1259/bjr.20210187