Today, I review. link to, and embed Tala Talks NICU‘s A Neo explains: when to use Nitric Oxide in Pulmonary Hypertension.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Feb 13, 2023We’ve all seen the MAGIC of Inhaled Nitric Oxide at bedside, but how does it work? And how did anyone figure it out? We go over its mechanism of action (and how does viagra/ sildenafil work differently), its side effects, what dosage we use and plenty of other clinically relevant aspects of the gas.
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00:30 History of iNO
09:11 How does iNO work?
11:26 Side effects of iNO
14:31 How is iNO given?
16:21 When do you start iNO?
19:34 What dose of iNO do we give?
21:31 When else do we give iNO?
