Nitric oxide inhalation and glucocorticoids-Can there be a belt-and-braces approach in sepsis?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3109-3110

  Lehmann, Christian ^a   Murphy, Michael ^b   Chisholm, Janice ^b   Hung, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines.; Glucocorticoids; Inhalation; Nitric oxide; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLIC GMP; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLOID; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; EDITORIAL; ENDOTOXEMIA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; VASODILATATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOTE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; SEPSIS;

EID: 56049085138     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318187c64a     Document Type: Editorial

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