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Franzini M, Valdenassi L, Tirelli U, Ricevuti G, Pandolfi S, Vaiano F, Chirumbolo S. Post-surgical wounds treated with ozone: a preliminary case series. Med Gas Res 2024; 14:225-227. [PMID: 39073331 DOI: 10.4103/mgr.medgasres-d-23-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Marianno Franzini
- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Tirelli Clinical Group, Pordenone, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Drug Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Gorle (BG), Italy; High School Master of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Chirumbolo S, Valdenassi L, Tirelli U, Pandolfi S, Franzini M. The use of the medical ozone in the immune challenge of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria and the role of mitochondria. Microbes Infect 2024; 26:105242. [PMID: 38380603 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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- Italian Scientific Society in Oxygen Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Bergamo, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society in Oxygen Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Bergamo, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society in Oxygen Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), Bergamo, Italy.
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Chirumbolo S, Valdenassi L, Tirelli U, Ricevuti G, Pandolfi S, Vaiano F, Galoforo A, Loprete F, Simonetti V, Chierchia M, Bellardi D, Richelmi T, Franzini M. The Oxygen-Ozone Adjunct Medical Treatment According to the Protocols from the Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy: How Ozone Applications in the Blood Can Influence Clinical Therapy Success via the Modulation of Cell Biology and Immunity. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1512. [PMID: 38132338 PMCID: PMC10740843 DOI: 10.3390/biology12121512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen whose use in medicine has rapidly grown in recent years. Ozonated blood allows for the use of ozone in a safe modality, as plasma and blood cells are endowed with an antioxidant system able to quench ozone's pro-oxidant property and to elicit the Nrf2/Kwap1/ARE pathway. METHODS We present two clinical studies, a case-series (six patients) observational study adopting ozone as a major autohemotherapy and topical ozone to address infected post-surgical wounds with multi-drug resistant bacteria and an observational study (250 patients) using ozonated blood for treating knee osteoarthritis. RESULTS Ozonated blood via major autohemotherapy reduced the extent of infections in wounds, reduced the inflammatory biomarkers by more than 75% and improved patients' QoL, whereas ozonated blood via minor autohemotherapy improved significantly (p < 0.001) WOMAC and Lequesne's parameters in knee osteoarthritis. CONCLUSIONS The models described, i.e., ozone autohemotherapy in wound antimicrobial treatment and ozonated blood in knee osteoarthrosis, following our protocols, share the outstanding ability of ozone to modulate the innate immune response and address bacterial clearance as well as inflammation and pain.
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- Salvatore Chirumbolo
- Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy (SIOOT), High Master School of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.V.); (S.P.); (F.V.); (A.G.); (F.L.); (V.S.); (M.C.); or (T.R.); (M.F.)
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Chirumbolo S, Franzini M, Tirelli U, Valdenassi L. Photodynamic therapy at 810nm, associated with ozonated water, may concurrently prevent periodontitis exacerbation and restore dental health. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2023; 44:103842. [PMID: 37832711 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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- Salvatore Chirumbolo
- Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8 37134 Verona, Italy.
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, Gorle (BG), Italy
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy, Gorle (BG), Italy
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Chirumbolo S, Valdenassi L, Franzini M. Ozone adjunct treatment in facing multidrug-resistant bacteria? Clin Case Rep 2023; 11:e8087. [PMID: 37867538 PMCID: PMC10585054 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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- Salvatore Chirumbolo
- Department of Engineering for Innovation MedicineUniversity of VeronaVeronaItaly
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen‐Ozone Therapy (SIOOT)BergamoItaly
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- Italian Scientific Society of Oxygen‐Ozone Therapy (SIOOT)BergamoItaly
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Epelle EI, Macfarlane A, Cusack M, Burns A, Okolie JA, Mackay W, Rateb M, Yaseen M. Ozone application in different industries: A review of recent developments. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND : 1996) 2023; 454:140188. [PMID: 36373160 PMCID: PMC9637394 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ozone - a powerful antimicrobial agent, has been extensively applied for decontamination purposes in several industries (including food, water treatment, pharmaceuticals, textiles, healthcare, and the medical sectors). The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to recent developments in the deployment of different ozone-based technologies for the decontamination of surfaces, materials and indoor environments. The pandemic has also highlighted the therapeutic potential of ozone for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, with astonishing results observed. The key objective of this review is to summarize recent advances in the utilisation of ozone for decontamination applications in the above-listed industries while emphasising the impact of key parameters affecting microbial reduction efficiency and ozone stability for prolonged action. We realise that aqueous ozonation has received higher research attention, compared to the gaseous application of ozone. This can be attributed to the fact that water treatment represents one of its earliest applications. Furthermore, the application of gaseous ozone for personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical device disinfection has not received a significant number of contributions compared to other applications. This presents a challenge for which the correct application of ozonation can mitigate. In this review, a critical discussion of these challenges is presented, as well as key knowledge gaps and open research problems/opportunities.
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- Emmanuel I Epelle
- School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
- ACS Clothing, 6 Dovecote Road Central Point Logistics Park ML1 4GP, United Kingdom
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- ACS Clothing, 6 Dovecote Road Central Point Logistics Park ML1 4GP, United Kingdom
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- ACS Clothing, 6 Dovecote Road Central Point Logistics Park ML1 4GP, United Kingdom
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- ACS Clothing, 6 Dovecote Road Central Point Logistics Park ML1 4GP, United Kingdom
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- Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, USA
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- School of Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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Asthma is a chronic illness of the airways that affects approximately 300 million individuals worldwide. While it is commonly accepted that high ozone levels exacerbate asthma symptoms, the impact of low to moderate ozone levels on asthma symptoms has received little attention. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between hospital visits by asthma patients showing the severity of their symptoms and moderate ozone levels. Statistical analyses were performed on hospital visit big data for asthma patients in Seoul, Korea, collected between 2013 and 2017. The data set includes outpatient hospital visits (n = 17,787,982), hospital admissions (n = 215,696), and emergency department visits (n = 85,482). The frequency of hospital visits by asthma patients was evaluated in relation to low ozone levels (< 0.03 ppm) and moderate ozone levels (0.03-0.06 ppm) in the Seoul environment. In comparison to low ozone levels, moderate ozone levels resulted in a reduction in outpatient hospital visits (t = 7.052, P < .001). When ozone levels were low to moderate, there was a negative correlation between ozone levels and outpatient visits (r = -0.281, 95% CI: -0.331 to -0.228). Negative associations were also identified between ozone levels and new hospital admissions (t = 2.909, P < .01; r = -0.125, 95% CI: -0.179 to -0.070) and emergency treatments (t = 2.679, P < .01; r = -0.132, 95% CI: -0.186 to -0.076). Additionally, it was verified that moderate ozone levels one day before the visits resulted in a reduction in outpatient visits (t = 5.614, P < .001; r = -0.207, 95% CI: -0.259 to -0.153). A strong relationship was identified between moderate atmospheric ozone levels and a reduction in asthma patient hospital visits.
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- Soyeon Lee
- School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
- * Correspondence: School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (e-mail: )
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Oxidation and “Unconventional” Approaches to Infection. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 2022. [PMCID: PMC8575407 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818731-9.00182-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Nonpharmacological approaches can be useful to control infectious diseases. Historically infection has been successfully managed with oxidation therapy methods that support the body's own innate defenses. Several modalities include ozone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI), intravenous hydrogen peroxide, and ascorbate therapies. Oxidation therapies are virtually 100% safe, and repeatedly reported as highly and quickly effective in quelling infection (bacterial and viral) either as stand-alone therapies or adjunctive with drugs. They are directly and indirectly germicidal, and modulate the immune system via pro-oxidant signaling molecules. Oxidation therapies especially enhance oxygen delivery and metabolism, critical for all infection defenses. Ozone has remitted Ebola, COVID-19, and bacterial infections. UBI defeated most preantibiotic era infections in hospitals. Not being drug therapy, the effects of oxidation defenses, used by planetary animal life for millions of years, are not diminished by antibiotic-resistant organisms. Oxidation, depending on delivery method, can be very inexpensive and third world adaptable. This chapter summarizes the use of these key modalities, by exploring known published literature.
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Wang T, Xiang Q, Bian J. Promising gas therapies for severe COVID-19. JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE MEDICINE 2021; 1:99-102. [PMID: 36943807 PMCID: PMC8157123 DOI: 10.1016/j.jointm.2021.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a worldwide catastrophe, thoroughly challenging the healthcare systems. A growing number of victims suffer from a remarkable acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that necessitates admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), but there are no satisfactory treatments. Various gas therapies including nitric oxide, ozone, hyperbaric oxygen, hydrogen, and heliox have been employed in the fight against the pandemic and have improved clinical outcomes. However, the potential roles of these gases in COVID-19 treatment need to be verified in well-designed randomized controlled trials. This paper reviews advances in gaseous therapy of COVID-19.
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Sozio E, De Monte A, Sermann G, Bassi F, Sacchet D, Sbrana F, Ripoli A, Curcio F, Fabris M, Marengo S, Italiani D, Luciana Boccalatte-Rosa D, Tascini C. CORonavirus-19 mild to moderate pneumonia Management with blood Ozonization in patients with Respiratory failure (CORMOR) multicentric prospective randomized clinical trial. Int Immunopharmacol 2021; 98:107874. [PMID: 34186281 PMCID: PMC8196321 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Following positive experience on the use of blood ozonation in SARS-CoV-2, the CORMOR randomized trial was designed to evaluate the adjuvant role of oxygen/ozone therapy in mild to moderate SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. METHODS The trial (ClinicalTrial.gov NCT04388514) was conducted in four different Italian centers (April-October 2020). Patients were treated according to best available standard of care (SoC) therapy, with or without O3-autohemotherapy (O3-AHT). RESULTS A total of 92 patients were enrolled: SoC + O3-AHT (48 patients) were compared to the SoC treatment (44 patients). The two groups differed in steroids therapy administration (72.7% in SoC arm vs. 50.0% in O3-AHT arm; p = 0.044). Steroid therapy was routinely started when it was subsequently deemed as effective for the treatment of COVID-19 disease. No significant differences in mortality rates, length of hospital stay, mechanical ventilation requirement and ICU admission were observed. Clinical improvement in patients with pneumonia was assessed according to a specifically designed score (decrease in SIMEU class, improvement in radiology imaging, improvement in PaO2/FiO2, reduction in LDH and requirement of oxygen therapy ≤ 5 days). Score assessment was performed on day-3 (T3) and day-7 (TEnd) of O3-AHT treatment. A significant increase in the score was reported at TEnd, in the O3-AHT treatment arm (0 [0-1] in the SoC arm vs. 2 [1-3] the O3-AHT arm; p = 0.018). No adverse events related O3-AHT treatment was observed. CONCLUSION In mild-to-moderate pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2, adjuvant oxygen/ozone therapy did not show any effect on mortality, or mechanical intubation but show a clinical improvement a day 7 from randomization in a composite clinical endpoint. Larger Randomized prospective studies alone or in combination with steroids are needed to confirm our results.
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- Emanuela Sozio
- U.O. Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina dell'Università di Udine, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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- SOC Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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- SOC Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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- SOC Anestesia e Rianimazione 2, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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- U.O. Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina dell'Università di Udine, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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- U.O. Lipoapheresis and Center for Inherited Dyslipidemias, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monastrio, Via Moruzzi1, Pisa, Italy.
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- Deep Health Unit, Fondazione Toscana "Gabriele Monasterio", Pisa, Italy.
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- Istituto di Patologia Clinica, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine (ASUID), Udine, Italy.
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- Istituto di Patologia Clinica, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine (ASUID), Udine, Italy.
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- SC di Medicina Interna e Unità di Terapia Semi Intensiva Internistica, Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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- U.O. Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina dell'Università di Udine, Università di Udine e Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.
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Safety and efficacy of ozone therapy in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients: A phase 1/11 randomized control trial (SEOT study). Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 91:107301. [PMID: 33421928 PMCID: PMC7758022 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Introduction The Corona virus disease 19 (COVID-19) has accounted for multiple deaths and economic woes.While the entire medical fraternity and scientists are putting their best feet forward to find a solution to contain this deadly pandemic, there is a growing interest in integrating other known alternative therapies in to standard care. This study is aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of ozone therapy (OT), as an adjuvant to the standard of care (SOC). Methods In the current randomized control trial, 60 patients with mild to moderate score NEWS score were included in two parallel groups (n = 30/group). The interventional group (OZ) received ozonized rectal insufflation and minor auto haemotherapy, daily along with SOC, while the control group (ST) received SOC alone. The main outcome measures included changes in clinical features, oxygenation index (SpO2), NEWS score, Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR), inflammatory markers, requirement of advanced care, and metabolic profiles. Results The OZ group has shown clinically significant improvement in the mean values of all the parameters tested compared to ST Group. However, statistical significance were only observed in RT-PCR negative reaction (P = 0.01), changes in clinical symptoms (P < 0.05) and requirement for Intensive care (P < 0.05). No adverse events were reported in OZ group, as against 2 deaths reported in ST group. Conclusion OT when integrated with SOC can improve the clinical status and rapidly reduce the viral load compared to SOC alone, which facilitate early recovery and check the need for advanced care and mortality as demonstrated in this study.
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Haghighat S, Oshaghi S. Effectiveness of Ozone Injection Therapy in Temporomandibular Disorders. Adv Biomed Res 2020; 9:73. [PMID: 33816392 PMCID: PMC8012860 DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_105_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Temporomandibular disorder is a multifactorial disease that causes pain in the jaw and face area with nondental origin, which frequently limits talking, chewing, and other jaw activities. Various factors such as malocclusion, trauma, stress, parafunctional habits (clenching and bruxing), osteoarthritis, and synovitis play a role in its occurrence, although the etiology of these disorders is little understood. Several treatments are being used to treat these disorders. Ozone therapy has been recently introduced as one of these treatments. Considering that no extensive study has been found in this field so far, this study is aiming to report the studies that have been conducted to determine the efficacy of ozone injection therapy in temporomandibular joint disorders. This report addresses the studies which are conducted clinically, experimentally, and semi-experimentally over the past 10 years (2009-2019). The prepared articles are screened according to the inclusion criteria. In this study, total six related articles are addressed. One study was pre- and postintervention, and five studies were clinical trials. Studies show that although more studies are needed in contrast with occlusal splint, ozone therapy is generally more effective treatment for pain reduction compared to medication.
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- Sheila Haghighat
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Rowen RJ. Ozone and oxidation therapies as a solution to the emerging crisis in infectious disease management: a review of current knowledge and experience. Med Gas Res 2020; 9:232-237. [PMID: 31898609 PMCID: PMC7802416 DOI: 10.4103/2045-9912.273962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Medicine faces crisis with emerging “super bugs,” lethal viruses (Ebola), and stealth pathogens such as tick-borne infections. Thousands are dying worldwide of once easily treatable diseases. Ozone therapy, extensively studied, may be a valuable adjunctive or stand-alone therapy. Ebola again ravages Africa with over 2000 already dead, carrying a 65% mortality rate. The world desperately needs safe, inexpensive and effective anti-infective therapy to which microbes will not develop resistance. Oxidation therapies have shown an extremely high safety profile, lacking credible reports of significant injury beyond vein irritation. Ozone therapy, the most studied and least expensive to perform, is in itself a germicide, not an antibiotic, and improves several physiological parameters essential for infection defense. Recent reports indicate very favorable responses to both bacterial and viral disease, inclusive of Ebola. Despite lack of commercial profitability (not patentable), medicine would do well to revisit its pre-antibiotic era oxidation therapy roots, especially ozone in the current crisis.
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Scassellati C, Ciani M, Galoforo AC, Zanardini R, Bonvicini C, Geroldi C. Molecular mechanisms in cognitive frailty: potential therapeutic targets for oxygen-ozone treatment. Mech Ageing Dev 2020; 186:111210. [PMID: 31982474 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In the last decade, cognitive frailty has gained great attention from the scientific community. It is characterized by high inflammation and oxidant state, endocrine and metabolic alterations, mitochondria dysfunctions and slowdown in regenerative processes and immune system, with a complex and multifactorial aetiology. Although several treatments are available, challenges regarding the efficacy and the costs persist. Here, we proposed an alternative non-pharmacological, non-side-effect, low cost therapy based on anti-inflammation, antioxidant, regenerative and anti-pathogens properties of ozone, through the activation of several molecular mechanisms (Nrf2-ARE, NF-κB, NFAT, AP-1, HIFα). We highlighted how these specific processes could be implicated in cognitive frailty to identify putative therapeutic targets for its treatment. The oxigen-ozone (O2-O3) therapy has never been tested for cognitive frailty. This work provides thus wide scientific background to build a consistent rationale for testing for the first time this therapy, that could modulate the immune, inflammatory, oxidant, metabolic, endocrine, microbiota and regenerative processes impaired in cognitive frailty. Although insights are needed, the O2-O3 therapy could represent a faster, easier, inexpensive monodomain intervention working in absence of side effects for cognitive frailty.
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- Catia Scassellati
- Biological Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Oxygen-Ozone Therapy Scientific Society (SIOOT), Gorle, Italy; University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
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- Alzheimer Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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The Role of Medical Ozone in Improving Antioxidant Status in Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Quasi-experimental Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.5812/mejrh.97125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang J, Cao H, Sun D, Qi Z, Guo C, Peng W, Sun Y, Xie Y, Liu X, Li B, Luo Y, Pan Y, Li Y, Zhang L. Associations between ambient air pollution and mortality from all causes, pneumonia, and congenital heart diseases among children aged under 5 years in Beijing, China: A population-based time series study. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 176:108531. [PMID: 31226628 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous studies have mainly focused on the associations between particulate matters and infant mortality. However, evidence regarding the associations between gaseous pollutants and mortality among children aged <5 years remains sparse. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between ambient air pollution and death among children aged <5 years in Beijing, China, and explore the impact of age, gender and specific causes of death on these associations. METHODS Concentrations of ambient air pollution and the number of deaths among children aged <5 years in Beijing from January 2014 to September 2016 were extracted from authoritative electronic databases. The associations were estimated for a single-month lag from the current month up to the previous 5 months (lag0-lag5) and moving averages of the current and previous months (lag01-lag05) using generalized additive Poisson regression (adjusted for time trends, season, meteorological variables and holidays). Subgroup analyses related to age, gender and specific diseases were performed. Two-pollutant models were used to evaluate the possible role of single pollutants. RESULTS Sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) demonstrated the strongest associations with death among children aged <5 years at lag0, and the estimates decreased or even turned negative with the increasing lag periods. For an interquartile range increase in SO2, NO2 and CO at lag0, the odds ratios (OR) were 1.332 (95% CI 1.152-1.539), 1.383 (95% CI 1.113-1.718) and 1.273 (95% CI 1.028-1.575). However, CO lost significance after adjusting for SO2 and NO2, and PM2.5 gained significance (OR 1.548, 95% CI 1.061-2.258) after adjusting for PM10. The ORs for SO2 and NO2 remained the most stable across all two-pollutant models. The associations for children aged 1-5 years were stronger than those reported for infants at lag0 but lower at the other lag months. The pollutant associations were stronger for congenital heart disease-related death than overall and pneumonia-related death. We did not find significant differences in terms of gender. CONCLUSION Exposure to air pollution may increase the incidence of death among children aged <5 years. SO2 and NO2 may be the most stable pollutants reflecting associations between air pollution and death, deserving further attention. Children with congenital heart diseases are more susceptible to air pollution. Therefore, it is urgent to implement the clean air targets established by WHO and reduce the exposure of children to air pollution.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Children's Health Care, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 251, Yaojiayuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026, China; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Children's Health Care, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 251, Yaojiayuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026, China
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- Department of Children's Health Care, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 251, Yaojiayuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, No. 10, Xi Toutiao You Anmenwai, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China.
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