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Use of inhaled nitric oxide in pulmonary embolism
1Intensive Care Facility, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
|September 2, 1999
Abstract:
Acute massive pulmonary embolism carries a high mortality with the majority of deaths occurring during the early phase. We describe a case of massive pulmonary embolism resulting in severe cardiovascular collapse and cardiac arrest which was treated successfully with inhaled nitric oxide.