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Activation of Repair Processes in Patients with Bedsores Using Pulsed Radio-Frequency Currents

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We present here the results of clinical studies of the treatment of bedsores by activation of repair processes in integument tissues using pulsed cold plasma discharges in patients in a chronic critical state. An experimental device for radio-frequency current treatment is described and exposure specifications are presented. The mechanism of activation by cold plasma discharges in the tissue electrolyte matrix is described. The results reliably show that the action of radio-frequency current pulses with optimum parameters reduces the in-patient treatment period by an average of seven days, or by 16%, compared with the control group.

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  1. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Belov, Yu. K. Danyleiko, A. B. Egorov, V. I. Lukanin & V. B. Tsvetkov

  2. I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Osmanov & A. M. Shulutko

  3. Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Resuscitation and Rehabilitation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lytkino, Moscow Region, Russia

    E. L. Altukhov & A. A. Yakovlev

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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 55, No. 3, May-Jun., 2021, pp. 14-18.

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Belov, S.V., Danyleiko, Y.K., Egorov, A.B. et al. Activation of Repair Processes in Patients with Bedsores Using Pulsed Radio-Frequency Currents. Biomed Eng 55, 169–174 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-021-10095-x

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