NITRIC-OXIDE IMPROVES HYPOXEMIA FOLLOWING REPERFUSION EDEMA AFTER PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY

Authors
GARDEBACK M LARSEN FF RADEGRAN K
Citation
M. Gardeback et al., NITRIC-OXIDE IMPROVES HYPOXEMIA FOLLOWING REPERFUSION EDEMA AFTER PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 75(6), 1995, pp. 798-800
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
75
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
798 - 800
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1995)75:6<798:NIHFRE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A patient underwent pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic, major -vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. After operation the pat ient developed reperfusion oedema and hypoxaemia which was treated suc cessfully with inhalation of nitric oxide. Before operation, the respo nse to inhaled nitric oxide was characterized by a slight reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance but without improvement in gas exchange . The postoperative improvement in oxygenation after inhalation of nit ric oxide contrasted sharply with the preoperative reaction.