Inhaled low-dose nitric oxide for postoperative care in patients with congenital heart defects

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-13

  Shimpo, Hideto ^a   Mitani, Yoshihide ^a   Tanaka, Jin ^a   Mizumoto, Toru ^a   Onoda, Kouji ^a   Tani, Kazuhiro ^a   Yuasa, Hiroshi ^a   Yada, Isao ^a   Maruyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

congenital heart defects; low dose inhalation; nitric oxide; postoperative care

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RESPIRATORS;

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GASES MIXTURE; INHALED NITRIC OXIDE; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE INHALATION; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

NITRIC OXIDE;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031047346     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00690.x     Document Type: Article

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