title: [Application of heated oxygen-helium mixture for combined treatment of community-acquired pneumonia].
abstract: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the commonest infectious disease characterized by the high lethality rate. The aim of this work was to estimate the efficacy of introducing inhalation of heated oxygen-helium mixture (thermoheliox) into standard therapy of CAP. The study included 50 patients with moderately severe CAP 25 patients of group 1 were given standard therapy plus thermoheliox, those of group 2 were treated by standard method. Group 1 showed faster disappearance of symptoms and physical signs including inflammatory changes (chemiluminescence of whole blood) and cardiac rhythm variability as well as more complete recovery of pneumonia upon X-ray examination. It is concluded that thermoheliox is an effective agent for pathogenetic therapy of community-acquired pneumonia.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Krasnovskiĭ
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Grigor'ev
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Alekhin
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Potapov
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006371:Helium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006371:Helium; D010100:Oxygen