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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Early cases of acute infectious respiratory syndrome treated with photobiomodulation, diagnosis and intervention: Two case reports.

Michèle Pelletier-Aouizerate, Yvona Zivic

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Photobiomodulation therapy enhances surfactant production in premature rat lungs: a non-invasive therapeutic strategy for neonatal respiratory distress syndromes.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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  4. Effect of photobiomodulation therapy on surfactant production increase in human lung epithelial alveolar cells.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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  7. Sunlight Exposure and Phototherapy: Perspectives for Healthy Aging in an Era of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michèle Pelletier-AouizerateEuropean LED Academy Toulon France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-9053
Yvona ZivicEuropean LED Academy Toulon France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7044-1333

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PBMT using 630 + 660 nm wavelengths transcutaneously at 7 cm above chest area irradiating lungs and heart regions of patients with acute, infectious respiratory syndrome alleviated their respiratory symptoms, mitigated pulmonary inflammation and hypoxia. PBMT could prevent more severe respiratory distress requiring emergency care and reduce the strain on healthcare. This case report's clinical experience can be the basis of future research evaluating oxygen saturation levels pre- and post-PBMT.

Indexed as

acute respiratory distress syndromecoronavirusdyspnoeahypoxemiaoxygenationphotobiomodulationred lightviral pandemic

Identifiers

PMID33959281
PMCPMC8077509

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