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Clinical trial to investigate nitric oxide for COVID-19 treatment
h/t Instapundit[UPI] - Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are enrolling patients in an international clinical trial to find out if inhaled nitric oxide benefits those with COVID-19 who have severely damaged lungs. Right now, there are no approved treatments for the illness caused by the new coronavirus. A severe form of lung failure called acute respiratory distress syndrome is the leading cause of death in COVID-19. Whatever happened to "virus binds to hemoglobin" theory - somebody realized that, if it were true, we'd see effects in extremities first? When lungs are failing, air is received by some parts of them but not others. Nitric oxide is a gas that improves blood flow in areas of the lungs that are getting air, increasing the amount of oxygen in the blood stream. Nitric oxide also reduces the workload of the right side of the heart, which is under extreme stress during lung failure. In the end we'll have dozens of treatments. Maybe even be ready the next time Chinese bio-wizards are careless - they're malicious all the time. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-12 |
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