Use of helium neon laser radiation in the treatment of patients with acute pneumonia
Shtel'makh N.I.; Filippova S.M., 1981: Use of helium neon laser radiation in the treatment of patients with acute pneumonia. Vrachebnoe Delo (4): 18-21
Laserotherapy was employed in 68 patients with acute pneumonia by irradiation of skin related to the projection of inflammatory infiltrates and the C5[5th cervical segment]-D4 [4th dorsal-thoracic] paravertebral levels. Clinical recovery in these patients was twice that of the control group. Resolution of inflammatory infiltrates occurred earlier. The number of cases with a protracted course of pneumonia was reduced. Therapeutic effectiveness and absence of side effects were confirmed.