Exhaled nitric oxide in chronically ventilated preterm infants.
Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) levels were measured in eight ventilated infants, mean gestational age 25.8 (SD 1.7) weeks and postnatal age 55 (SD 39) days, before and after three days of dexamethasone treatment. The eNO levels fell from a mean of 6.5 (SD 3.4) to 4.2 (SD 2.6) parts per billion (p = 0.031) and the mean supplementary oxygen levels from 62% to 45% (p = 0.0078).
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Children Nationwide Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Centre, 4th floor Ruskin Wing, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
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Cheeseman
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Hannam
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D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000502:physiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003907:Dexamethasone; D010100:Oxygen