Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Roberts J, Fineman J, Morin F, Shaul P, Rimar S, Schreiber M, Polin R, Zwass M, Zayek M, Gross I, Heymann M, Zapol W, Thusu K, Zellers T, Wylam M, Zaslavsky A. Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. New England Journal Of Medicine 1997, 336: 605-610. PMID: 9032045, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199702273360902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent pulmonary hypertensionPulmonary vascular resistanceExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationPulmonary hypertensionSystemic oxygenationNitric oxideSevere hypoxemiaVascular resistanceMembrane oxygenationSystemic arterial hypoxemiaSystemic blood pressureLong-term therapyFull-term infantsNumber of deathsSystemic hypotensionArterial hypoxemiaBlood pressureMulticenter studyConventional therapyAlternative therapiesInvasive treatmentNitric oxide groupHypertensionInitial improvementMethemoglobin levels