Nitric oxide production in critically ill patients

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 482-489

  Wong, Hector R ^a,b   Carcillo, Joseph A ^a   Burckart, Gilbert ^a   Kaplan, Sandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

nitric oxide; sepsis; transplantation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

EID: 0029682173     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.6.482     Document Type: Article

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