Successful use of inhaled nitric oxide to decrease intracranial pressure in a patient with severe traumatic brain injury complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome: a role for an anti-inflammatory mechanism?

Use of inhaled nitric oxide in humans with traumatic brain injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome has twice previously been reported to be beneficial. Here we report a third case. We propose that INO may decrease the inflammatory response in patients with increased intracranial pressure caus...

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Autores principales: Papadimos, Thomas J, Medhkour, Azedine, Yermal, Sooraj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19222848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19222848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-5

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