Chemical formula: NO Molecular mass: 30.006 g/mol PubChem compound: 145068
Nitric oxide (NO) is indicated for:
Population group: only newborns (0 - 40 days old)
Nitric oxide, in conjunction with ventilatory support and other appropriate active substances, is indicated for the treatment of newborn infants ≥34 weeks gestation with hypoxic respiratory failure associated with clinical or echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary hypertension, in order to improve oxygenation and to reduce the need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Population group: only newborns (0 - 40 days old)
Nitric oxide, in conjunction with ventilatory support and other appropriate active substances, is indicated as part of the treatment of peri- and post-operative pulmonary hypertension in adults and newborn infants, infants and toddlers, children and adolescents, ages 0-17 years in conjunction to heart surgery, in order to selectively decrease pulmonary arterial pressure and improve right ventricular function and oxygenation.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Population group: only adults (18 - 65 years old)
Nitric oxide, in conjunction with ventilatory support and other appropriate active substances, is indicated as part of the treatment of peri- and post-operative pulmonary hypertension in adults and newborn infants, infants and toddlers, children and adolescents, ages 0-17 years in conjunction to heart surgery, in order to selectively decrease pulmonary arterial pressure and improve right ventricular function and oxygenation.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Nitric oxide (NO) is contraindicated in the following cases:
Population group: only newborns (0 - 40 days old)
Population group: only newborns (0 - 40 days old)
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