Guest guest Posted August 28, 1999 Report Share Posted August 28, 1999 was on a respirator during her last hospitalization, and the doctors suggested we try nitric oxide in her ventilator (she was in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Mass. Gen., which is staffed by anesthesiologist). Arterial blood gases showed an improvement following the administration of NO plus the PEEP or PIP (something like that) on her ventilator showed improvement. You need to keep in mind that NO was administered at a point where most other options were exhausted and at the time (1997) the use of NO in the RICU setting was experimental. Also, during the course of 's illness, respiratory issues were not usually an issue. The hospitalization noted above was because she needed surgery, Nitric Oxide was not used during the surgery, post surgery recovery was uneventful for the first 48 hours and then she went into respiratory distress. In summary I feel that in 's case the use of NO did not appear to have any adverse effect. I'm not certain if NO is now more commonly used in intensive care or respiratory care situations, thus you may need to address the use of NO in other than a surgical setting. Joe A. ('s POP (MELAS)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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