[A successful case of post operative management using nitrogen gas inhalation for a one-month old infant with high pulmonary blood flow].
We report a successful case of post operative management by inhaling nitrogen gas for a one-month old infant with high pulmonary blood flow after Blalock-Taussig shunt and plasty of the pulmonary artery. The operation was performed under extracorporial circulation. Nitrogen gas inhalation was dramatically effective for this infant to stabilize his post operative hemodynamic state. This therapy appears to be a very useful and easy handling technique in postoperative management for a patient with high pulmonary blood flow.
Okamura
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Nagano Children's Hospital, Japan.
Harada
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Y
Takeuchi
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Inoue
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Ohyachi
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D013577:Syndrome
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