Inhalation of nitric oxide in acute lung injury: Results of a European multicentre study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 911-919

  Lundin, S ^a   Mang, H ^b   Smithies, M ^c   Stenqvist, O ^a   Frostell, C ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Inhaled; Mechanical ventilation; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGENATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 3643073477     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050982     Document Type: Article

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