Editorial: Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension in ARDS: A new pleasant effect?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-731

  Blanch, Lluis ^a   Albaiceta, Guillermo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; SILDENAFIL; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART WORK; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASODILATATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; NOTE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77951203565     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1771-2     Document Type: Editorial

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