Nitrogen dioxide production in a nitric oxide inhalation system using the Servo Ventilator 900C

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-175

  Sato, Toshihide ^a   Okamoto, Kazufumi ^a   Kukita, Ichiro ^a   Kikuta, Koichi ^a   Hamaguchi, Masamichi ^a   Shiihara, Kazuhiko ^b   Shibata, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a Division of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhaled nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Servo 900C Ventilator

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VENTILATOR;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030906065     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03576.x     Document Type: Article

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