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Pulmonary hypertension and selective pulmonary vasodilators in acute lung injury
D Blythe1, P V Van Heerden, B M Power
1Department of Intensive Care, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
|March 26, 1998
Abstract:
The pulmonary circulation and the mechanisms which generate pulmonary hypertension are reviewed. The role of these mechanisms in the common pulmonary hypertensive states are analysed, particularly those in acute lung injury. Management options are discussed, with particular emphasis on the use of selective pulmonary vasodilators.