Transporting neonates with nitric oxide: the 5-year ShandsCair experience.
Traditionally, hypoxic respiratory failure in the newborn has been treated with supplemental oxygen, conventional mechanical ventilation, sedation, and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. Despite appropriate management with these treatment modes, care for critically ill newborns often requires more invasive measures, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Although it may be life saving, ECMO requires cannulation and anticoagulation, which introduces significant risk of morbidity.
Jesse
Nate M
NM
Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida in Gainsville, USA.
Drury
Lynn
L
Weiss
Michael D
MD
D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
D009569:Nitric Oxide