Inhaled nitric oxide before induction of anesthesia in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to examine the action of inhaled nitric oxide in the patients with pulmonary hypertension administered with a face mask before anesthesia induction.

Methods

Ten adult patients scheduled for heart surgery with sternotomy were included in this prospective, interventional, single centre study. The inclusion criteria were patients scheduled for heart surgery with sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), aged >18 years which presents a pulmonary hypertension (PH) (class 2 or 3 according to the Dana Point classification) with systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (PAPS) >40 mmHg diagnosed by preoperative right cardiac catheterization or by transthoracic echocardiography. The exclusion criteria were: heart transplant, PH of type 1, 4, 5, acc

SUBMITTER: Eljezi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8617383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature