Inhaled nitric oxide therapy in adults: European expert recommendations

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1029-1041

  Germann, Peter ^a   Braschi, Antonio ^b   Della Rocca, Giorgio ^c   Dinh Xuan, Anh Tuan ^d   Falke, Konrad ^e   Frostell, Claes ^f   Gustafsson, Lars E ^g   Hervé, Philippe ^h   Jolliet, Philippe ⁱ   Kaisers, Udo ^e   Litvan, Hector ^j   Macrae, Duncan J ^k   Maggiorini, Marco ^l   Marczin, Nandor ^m   Mueller, Bernd ⁿ   Payen, Didier ^o   Ranucci, Marco ^p   Schranz, Dietmar ^q   Zimmermann, Rainer ^q   Ullrich, Roman ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

ⁱ GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^j HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^k ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^m HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^o HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^p IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Cardiac surgery; Inhaled nitric oxide; Lung transplantation; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ALMITRINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ILOPROST; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; EUROPE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; NITRIC OXIDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 23744504105     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2675-4     Document Type: Article

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