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Effectiveness of Low-Dose Radiation Therapy to Improve Mortality of COVID-19

Hamid Ghaznavi*
Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

Citation: Ghaznavi H (2021) Effectiveness of Low-Dose Radiation Therapy to Improve Mortality of COVID-19. SciTech Central COVID-19 

Received: July 08, 2021         Accepted: July 12, 2021         Published: July 12, 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Performing low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) is a new approach to treat pneumonia resulting from COVID-19 disease. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of LDRT in treating COVID-19 patients.
 
Methods: Medline was searched for “low-dose” and “radiation therapy” and “COVID-19” and “pneumonia” and “inflammation” to retrieve papers that published on low-dose radiation therapy to improve mortality of COVID-19 patients. Only clinical investigations that included original and case report papers were selected for this paper.
 
Results: The completed clinical trials that have performed LDRT to treat COVID-19 showed that the effectiveness of LDRT in treating COVID-19 was up to 90%.
 
Conclusion: The vast majority of primary and secondary outcomes of clinical trial investigations regarding LDRT in treating COVID-19 found that LDRT can be considered a feasible treatment to improve mortality of COVID-19 patients.
Keywords: COVID-19, Low-dose radiation therapy, Pneumonia