Who is the bad guy in acute respiratory distress syndrome? Neuronal nitric oxide synthase, inducible nitric oxide synthase, or both?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 363-364

  Westphal, Martin ^a   Maybauer, Dirk M ^b   Maybauer, Marc O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Inhalation injury; Peroxnitrite

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA STRAND; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BURN; LUNG INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 59649121639     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318192fec3     Document Type: Editorial

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