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Use of inhaled nitric oxide for ARDS
L M Bigatello1, W E Hurford, D Hess
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
|December 9, 1997
Abstract:
Inhalation of low inspired concentration of nitric oxide reduces pulmonary hypertension and increases arterial oxygen tension in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and appears to be safe. Research on the physiologic mechanisms regulating the action of inhaled nitric oxide may provide clinicians with ways to further potentiate and prolong its beneficial effects.