Application of intravenous helium-neon (He-Ne) laser therapy to patients with respiratory insufficiency: introductory report

摘要

Abstract: In this paper the authors present an unconventionalmethod of intravenous laser therapy applied to ninepatients treated in ICU for acute respiratoryinsufficiency. The laser therapy treatment was appliedtwice in 24 hours by introducing a quartz light pipeinto a peripheral vein of the forearm connected to theHe-Ne laser produced by Amber, Poland. In order toirradiate the whole circulating blood the procedurelasted twenty minutes. The initial observation showedthe improvement of the respiratory parameters and thedecrease of leucocytosis. During the intravenous lasertherapy the ARDS was not observed in the patients,despite the existence of risk factors. !10