The adult respiratory distress syndrome is an acute clinical illness characterized by
noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and refractory hypoxemia. Injury to the alveolar-capillary …

In 1987, nitric oxide was reported to be an endothelium-dependent relaxing factor. When
inhaled as a gas at low levels, nitric oxide selectively dilates the pulmonary circulation …

Background The adult respiratory distress syndrome is characterized by pulmonary
hypertension and right-to-left shunting of venous blood. We investigated whether inhaling …

The recognition that inhaled nitric oxide (NO.) selectively vasodilates the pulmonary
vasculature and the fact that pulmonary artery hypertension appears to play a pivotal and …

To determine whether inhaled nitric oxide (NO) affects pulmonary circulation, thereby
improving right ventricular (RV) function in adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we …

Background Nitric oxide (NO) inhalation selectively decreases pulmonary artery
hypertension and improves arterial oxygenation in patients with the adult respiratory distress …

Inhalation of nitric oxide (NO), an endoge‐neous vasodilator, was recently described to
reduce pulmonary vascular resistance, and to improve arterial oxygenation by selective …

The complex pathophysiology of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) makes
preventive and therapeutic concepts difficult. Ample experimental evidence indicates that …

We present the effects of abrupt discontinuation of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) in four patients
with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. These patients ranged from 9 mo to 65 yr of age …

Publisher Summary Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) describes a life-threatening
acute lung injury involving a heterogenous group of critically ill patients with hypoxemic …