Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 1995
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialEffects of inhaled nitric oxide on right ventricular function in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.
To compare the effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) and an infusion of prostacyclin (PGI2) on right ventricular function in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ⋯ Using a new approach to selective pulmonary vasodilation by inhalation of NO, we demonstrate in this group of ARDS patients that an increase in RVEF is not necessarily associated with a rise in CI. The increase in CI during PGI2 infusion is probably related to the systemic effect of this substance.