This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Dietrich, C. C. Articles by Tobias, J. D. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Dietrich, C. C. Articles by Tobias, J. D. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Intraoperative Administration of Nitric Oxide

The Departments of Child Health and Anesthesiology, The University of Missouri, Columbia.

Joseph D. Tobias, MD

The Departments of Child Health and Anesthesiology, The University of Missouri, Columbia. tobiasj{at}health.missouri.edu

Despite its therapeutic efficacy in various clinical scenarios in the intensive care unit setting, there are limited reports regarding the intraoperative applications of nitric oxide (NO). The authors present 2 pediatric patients to whom inhaled NO was administered intraoperatively. In one patient, NO was used to treat hypoxemia that developed after the institution of one-lung ventilation during thoracoscopic resection of a bronchiectatic section of lung. In the second patient, NO was used to alleviate pulmonary hypertension and cardiovascular dysfunction with pulmonary artery cross-clamping for placement of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. The potential intraoperative applications and techniques for the intraoperative delivery of NO are presented.

Key Words: nitric oxide • one-lung ventilation • pulmonary hypertension • hypoxemia

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?