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Comparative Study
Early response to inhaled nitric oxide and its relationship to outcome in children with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure.
To examine whether the early response to inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a measure of reversibility of lung injury and patient outcome in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF). ⋯ In AHRF in children, greater early response to iNO appears to be associated with improved outcome. This may reflect reversibility of pulmonary pathophysiologic condition and serve as a bedside marker of disease stage.