TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY-FAILURE IN AN INFANT WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA INFECTED WITH RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS USING INHALED NITRIC-OXIDE AND HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION

2-month-old, former 28-week premature infant with brochopulmonary dysp lasia infected with respiratory syncytial virus was treated with nitri c oxide and high frequency oscillatory ventilation after conventional therapy failed. Nitric oxide and high frequency oscillatory ventilatio n rapidly improved oxygenation allowing recovery without the need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This treatment regimen should be considered as an option in high-risk infants with respiratory syncytia l virus infection who meet extracorporeal membrane oxygenation criteri a.