The combination of inhaled nitric oxide and pulmonary artery balloon inflation improves oxygenation during whole-lung lavage.

Anesth Analg

*Département d'Anesthésiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; and †Département d'Anesthésiologie, Hôpital Laval, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de l'Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

Published: September 2004

We present a case in which the use of inhaled nitric oxide associated with temporary partial unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion further improved oxygenation during whole-lung lavage. This is the first case in the literature describing the simultaneous use of these two modalities.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/01.ANE.0000133243.59867.A1DOI Listing

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