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Adjunctive Molecular Hydrogen Capsule Therapy in Empyema Complicated by Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report

Li GL, Lu JW, Ho YJ, Lui SW, Hsieh TY, Wang KY, Liu FC. · In vivo (Athens, Greece). 2026;40(3):1832-1841.

HumanOther formsPublished 2026Source checked
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Study at a glance

Evidence type

Human

Population or model

Human participants studied for respiratory health. See eligibility criteria in the linked full text.

Intervention and dose

Full text reports an oral H₂-generating preparation. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording. · The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.

Duration

Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.

Reported result

Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the entire spine revealed no evidence of significant nerve root compression ([10]).” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.

Main limitation

Human evidence; design, sample size and comparator limit interpretation. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.

Evidence and classification

What kind of evidence is this?

Evidence type

Human

Reported design

Case report

Research topic

Respiratory health

Administration form

Other forms

Information not yet classified

Some editorial classification fields are still pending. The source-reported outcomes and result are shown below; Hydrogenology does not infer a positive or negative signal from prose automatically.

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Methods

Population or model

Human participants studied for respiratory health. See eligibility criteria in the linked full text.

Sample

Human study; the article does not state one consolidated sample total, so no total is inferred.

Duration

Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.

Intervention

Full text reports an oral H₂-generating preparation. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording.

Hydrogen form

an oral H₂-generating preparation — H₂ only unless the full text explicitly reports oxygen co-delivery.

Dose or H₂ specification

The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.

Comparator

Control or comparison condition reported in the full article; see the linked methods for arm-specific details.

Reported, not endorsed

Outcomes and reported result

Outcomes measured

survival or mortality, clinical symptoms or functional scores, tumor growth or cancer markers, inflammation and cytokines, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury

Reported result

Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the entire spine revealed no evidence of significant nerve root compression ([10]).” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.

Extraction completeness

The complete machine-readable article was checked for source identity, methods, intervention quantities, results, tables, funding and conflict declarations. This public record is based on the full article.

A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit.

Interpretation limits

Limitations and applicability

Main methodological cautions

Human evidence; design, sample size and comparator limit interpretation. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.

Applies directly to

Applies only to the population and protocol reported in this respiratory health article.

No single-study GRADE certainty rating is assigned. Read how records and evidence assessments are prepared.

Sources and status

Sources and record status

Identifiers

PMID: 42049414 · DOI: 10.21873/invivo.14337

Publisher access

A free full article is available through PubMed Central.

Extraction basis

Official PubMed/PMC full article; source identity, intervention data and declarations re-audited 25 August 2026.

Last reviewed

29 September 2026

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