The pharmacology and physiology of nitric oxide: Understanding its use in anesthesia and critical care

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 235-257

  Aranda, M ^a   Pearl, R G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; AMYL NITRITE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; ERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDRALAZINE; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MYOGLOBIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYGEN; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; PEROXYNITRITE; PROTEIN KINASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETINA; REVIEW;

EID: 0031921050     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70016-X     Document Type: Article

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