Journal article
Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on the use of inhaled nitric oxide to treat acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) and to summarise the effects of nitric oxide, compared with placebo or usual care without nitric oxide, in adults and children with ALI or ARDS.
DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Authors
Adhikari NKJ; Burns KEA; Friedrich JO; Granton JT; Cook DJ; Meade MO
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 334, No. 7597,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
April 14, 2007
DOI
10.1136/bmj.39139.716794.55
ISSN
0959-8138