Arginine administration to critically ill patients with a low nitric oxide fraction in the airways: A pilot study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1663-1665

  Tadié, Jean Marc ^a,c,d,e,f   Cynober, Luc ^b,c   Peigne, Vincent ^a,c   Caumont Prim, Aurore ^a   Neveux, Nathalie ^b,c   Gey, Alain ^a   Guerot, Emmanuel ^a,c   Diehl, Jean Luc ^a,c   Fagon, Jean Yves ^a,c   Tartour, Eric ^a,c   Delclaux, Christophe ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGININE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84881476589     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2984-y     Document Type: Letter

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