Contamination of hospital compressed air with nitric oxide: Unwitting replacement therapy

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1759-1763

  Pinsky, Michael R ^a,c   Genc, Fidan ^a   Lee, Kang H ^a   Delgado, Edgar ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental pollution; Inhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTAMINATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HOSPITAL BUILDING; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030919830     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.6.1759     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Rossaint R, Falke KJ, Lopez F, et al. Inhaled nitric oxide for the adult respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med 1993; 328:399-405
2. Cioffi WG Jr, Ogura H. Inhaled nitric oxide in acute lung disease. New Horizons 1995; 3:73-85
3. Blomqvist H, Wickerts CJ, Andreen M, et al. Enhanced pneumonia resolution In inhalation of nitric oxide? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1993; 37:110-14
4. Hinder F, Kikuchi Y, Booke M, et al. Ventilation with nitric oxide decreases lung microvascular permeability to protein during ovine endotoxemia [abstract]. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1995; 151:A618
5. Barnes PJ, Liew FY. Nitric oxide and asthmatic inflammation. Immunology Today 1995; 16:128-30
6. Gerlach H, Rossaint R, Pappert D, et al. Time-course and dose-response of nitric oxide inhalation for systemic oxygenation and pulmonary hypertension in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome. Eur J Clin Invest 1993; 23:499-502
7. Lundberg JON, Weitzbepg K, Nordvall SL, et al. Primarily nasal origin of exhaled nitric oxide and absence in Kartagener's syndrome. Eur Respir J 1994; 7:1501-04
8. Kharitonov SA, Yates D, Barnes PJ. Increased nitric oxide in exhaled air of normal human subjects with upper respiratory tract infections. Eur Respir J 1995; 8:295-97
9. Schedin U, Frostell C, Persson MG, et al. Contribution from upper and lower airways to exhaled endogenous nitric oxide in humans. Acta Anaesth Scand 1995; 39:327-32
10. Gerlach H, Rossaint R, Pappert D, et al. Auto-inhalation of nitric oxide after endogenous synthesis in nasopharynx. Lancet 1994; 343:518-19
11. Gustafsson LE, Leone AM, Persson MG, et al. Endogenous nitric oxide is present in the exhaled air of rabbits, guinea pigs and humans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 181: 852-57
12. Cremona G, Higenbottam T, Takao M, et al. Exhaled nitric oxide in isolated pig lungs. J Appl Physiol 1995; 78:59-63
13. Rowe DH, al-Dhowalia KH, Mansour ME. Indoor-outdoor nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide concentrations at three sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 1991; 41:973-76
14. NIOSH Recommendations for Occupational Safety and Health Standards 1988. MMWR 1988; 37(S-7): 1-29
15. Austen AT. The chemistry of the higher oxides of nitrogen as related to the manufacture, storage and administration of nitrous oxide. Br J Anaesth 1967; 39:345-50
16. Foubert L, Fleming B, Latimer R, et al. Safety guidelines for use of nitric oxide. Lancet 1992; 339:1615-16
17. Bouchet M, Renaudin MH, Raveau C, et al. Safety requirements for use of inhaled nitric oxide in neonates. Lancet 1993; 341:968-69
18. Lee KH, Rico P, Kellum J, et al. Occult low level nitric oxide inhalation in intubated patients alters oxygenation [abstract]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153:A371
19. Welding gas specification data, gas metal arc welding (M1G) product information. Murray Hill, NJ: Gases, BOC