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Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy

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Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy for the treatment of newborns with hypoxemic respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension has dramatically changed management strategies for this critically ill population.

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Kinsella, J.P. (2022). Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy. In: Donn, S.M., Mammel, M.C., van Kaam, A.H. (eds) Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93997-7_63

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