Exhaled nitric oxide decreases upon acut
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Daniel E. Brown; Cynthia M. Beall; Kingman P. Strohl; Phoebe S. Mills
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a vasodilator that plays a role in blood flow and oxygen delivery. Acute hypoxia downregulates NO synthesis, a response that may exacerbate hypoxic stress by decreasing blood flow. This study was designed to test the hypotheses that pulmonary NO decreases upon acute exposure to