It has been shown that the new coronavirus infection is life-threatening for patients not because of the COVID-19 virus, but because of the complications it causes. The most dangerous complication of this disease is the airway obstruction syndrome, which occurs with atypical pneumonia. Blockage of the airways occurs due to the accumulation of excessively large amounts of mucus and pus in them and swelling of the lung tissue, so ventilation of the lungs with air becomes almost impossible. The sad outcome of respiratory obstruction is hypoxia and hypoxic brain damage. Under these conditions, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation remains the only known way to increase blood oxygenation. However, in 2021, it was shown that intra-pulmonary administration of a warm alkaline solution of hydrogen peroxide immediately turns mucus and pus into oxygen foam and increases blood oxygen saturation. The proposed technology is a new variant of emergency blood oxygenation in severe suffocation caused by blockage of the respiratory tract with mucus, pus and blood.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.