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A Novel Inhalation Mask System to Deliver High Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Gas in Spontaneously Breathing Subjects
Published on: May 4, 2021
Nitric oxide avoids the need for a second course of ECMO in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
A Goldman1, L Tyszczuk, D Drake
1Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, WC1N 3JH, London, UK.
Abstract:
Inhaled nitric oxide was effectively used to avoid the need for a second course of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a neonate with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and recurrent pulmonary hypertension following ECMO.
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