Articles: respiratory-distress-syndrome.
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 1997
Hemodynamic and gas exchange responses to inhalation of nitric oxide in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome and in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) can improve oxygenation and decrease mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is not known whether inhaled NO exerts a similar effect in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ⋯ NO inhalation had similar effects on hemodynamics but not on gas exchange in ARDS and COPD patients, and this response probably depends on the underlying disease.
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 1997
Effects of nebulized salbutamol on respiratory mechanics in adult respiratory distress syndrome.
To determine whether nebulized salbutamol improves the respiratory mechanics of patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We also assessed the mechanisms that contribute to high respiratory system resistances during this disease. ⋯ a) Salbutamol administered through the endotracheal tube by a nebulizer device lessens respiratory system resistances and airway and alveolar pressures, and therefore could decrease the risk of barotrauma and alveolar damage; b) high respiratory system resistances in ARDS have an increased smooth muscle tone component that can be reversible with salbutamol.