Nitric oxide inhalation is useful in the management of right ventricular failure caused by myocardial contusion.

Meaudre, E

Nitric oxide inhalation is useful in the management of right ventricular failure caused by myocardial contusion. [electronic resource] - Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Mar 2005 - 415-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

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10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00644.x doi


Accidents, Traffic
Administration, Inhalation
Adult
Bronchodilator Agents--administration & dosage
Catecholamines--therapeutic use
Contusions--complications
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Electrocardiography--methods
Epinephrine--therapeutic use
Fatal Outcome
Head Injuries, Closed--etiology
Heart Injuries--complications
Hemodynamics--drug effects
Humans
Male
Nitric Oxide--administration & dosage
Norepinephrine--therapeutic use
Respiratory Distress Syndrome--complications
Vasoconstrictor Agents--therapeutic use
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right--drug therapy
Wounds, Nonpenetrating--complications