Author, as appears in the article.: Roedel, Franz; Arenas, Meritxell; Ott, Oliver J.; Fournier, Claudia; Georgakilas, Alexandros G.; Tapio, Soile; Trott, Klaus-Ruediger; Gaipl, Udo S.;
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Arenas Prat, Meritxell
Keywords: anti-inflammatory covid-19 low-dose radiation therapy pneumonia Anti-inflammatory Covid-19 Induction Low-dose radiation therapy Pneumonia Radiotherapy Repair Sars-cov-2
Abstract: In the current dismal situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective management of patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome is of vital importance. Due to the current lack of effective pharmacological concepts, this situation has caused interest in (re)considering historical reports on the treatment of patients with low-dose radiation therapy for pneumonia. Although these historical reports are of low-level evidence per se, hampering recommendations for decision-making in the clinical setting, they indicate effectiveness in the dose range between 0.3 and 1 & x202f;Gy, similar to more recent dose concepts in the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory/degenerative benign diseases with, e.g., a single dose per fraction of 0.5 & x202f;Gy. This concise review aims to critically review the evidence for low-dose radiation treatment of COVID-19 pneumopathy and discuss whether it is worth investigating in the present clinical situation.
Thematic Areas: General medicine Oncology Radiology, nuclear medicine & medical imaging Radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: meritxell.arenas@urv.cat
ISSN: 1439099X
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0815-2570
Record's date: 2023-02-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie. 196 (8): 679-682
APA: Roedel, Franz; Arenas, Meritxell; Ott, Oliver J.; Fournier, Claudia; Georgakilas, Alexandros G.; Tapio, Soile; Trott, Klaus-Ruediger; Gaipl, Udo S.; (2020). Low-dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumopathy: what is the evidence?. Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie, 196(8), 679-682. DOI: 10.1007/s00066-020-01635-7
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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