Percutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Inflammation in Critical Covid-19 Patients

Percutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Inflammation in Critical Covid-19 Patients

Covid-19 is an infectious disease associated with cytokine storms and derailed sympatho-vagal balance leading to respiratory distress, hypoxemia and cardiovascular damage. We applied the auricular vagus nerve stimulation to modulate the parasympathetic nervous system, activate the associated anti-in...

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Main Authors: Tamara Seitz, József Constantin Szeles, Reinhard Kitzberger, Johannes Holbik, Alexander Grieb, Hermann Wolf, Hüseyin Akyaman, Felix Lucny, Alexander Tychera, Stephanie Neuhold, Alexander Zoufaly, Christoph Wenisch, Eugenijus Kaniusas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
hyperinflammation
cytokine storm
aVNS
nervus vagus stimulation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.897257/full

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