id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-275012-fkawgh0e Tavazzi, Guido Inhaled nitric oxide in patients admitted to intensive care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia 2020-08-17 .txt text/plain 677 48 50 title: Inhaled nitric oxide in patients admitted to intensive care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia Only 4 (25%) patients were responders, of whom 3 iNO is a free radical gas that diffuses across the alveolar-capillary membrane into the subjacent smooth muscle of pulmonary vessels enhancing endotheliumdependent vasorelaxation and improving oxygenation by increasing blood flow to ventilated lung units [3] . Overall, iNO did not improve oxygenation in COVID-19 patients with refractory hypoxaemia, when administered as a rescue treatment after prone position. The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Ethics approval and consent to participate Informed consent was collected following the ad hoc procedures defined by the local Ethics Committee of Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo IRCCS for the COVID-19 pandemic.Competing interests FM received fees for lectures from GE Healthcare, Hamilton Medical, SEDA SpA, outside the present work. ./cache/cord-275012-fkawgh0e.txt ./txt/cord-275012-fkawgh0e.txt