Successful Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in a Child with Fat Embolism Syndrome

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages E80-E82

  Amigoni, Angela ^a   Corner, Paola ^a   Zanella, Fabio ^a   Pettenazzo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEVER; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; EMBOLISM, FAT; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77949448227     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817dd6d2     Document Type: Article

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