Inhaling Nitric Oxide Helps Liver Transplant Success
Aug 31st 2007Drug InformationLiver Disease / Hepatitis
Administering inhaled nitric oxide (NO) during surgery helps protect liver transplant patients from organ failure, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The colorless gas improves post-surgical liver function by minimizing reperfusion injury, an unwanted side effect of restoring blood flow swiftly to a donor organ moments after transplantation into the recipient, the study authors said. [click link for full article]
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