METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION OF VARIOUS AETIOLOGY Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61N5/67 A61K31/545 A61M5/32 A61M25/18 A61P11/00 A61P31/04 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely pulmonology, phthisiology and thoracic surgery, and may be used for treating patients with pleural effusion of various aetiology. That is ensured by a standard drug therapy, effusion aspiration from a pleural cavity and complex use of medicinal preparations and laser exposure. That involves conducting a combination laser therapy by means of Matrix-VLOK apparatus with intrapleural and intravenous laser exposure alternated every second day. The exposure is conducted at wavelength 0.365 mcm at disposable end-face output power 1-1.5 mW and pulse frequency 80 Hz in the continuous radiation mode for 10 minutes. After the effusion is aspirated from the pleural cavity, cefazolin 1.0 g is introduced therein. The therapeutic course makes from 3 to 7 procedures.

EFFECT: implementing the method provides reducing the length of treatment, improving the efficacy of the conducted drug therapy, reducing clinical manifestations of the disease, aggravation rates and drug load on the patient.

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