Pulmonary toxicity associated with nitric oxide in term infants with severe respiratory failure.

Hallman, M; Bry, K; Turbow, R; Waffarn, F; Lappalainen, U · J Pediatr · 1998

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

We prospectively analyzed airway specimens from 24 newborn infants. Inhaled nitric oxide (< or = 20 ppm for 1 to 4 days to 12 infants) did not affect the concentrations of the lipid peroxidation product, the surface activity, or the cytokines (interleukin-1, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist). Nitrotyrosine was detected after 10 days of life in the two infants requiring prolonged ventilation, suggesting toxicity of endogenous nitric oxide.

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