Inhaled prostacyclin for the prevention of increased pulmonary vascular resistance in cemented hip hemiarthroplasty-A randomised trial.

Mathias Hård Af SegerstadFredrik OlsenErik HoultzBengt NellgårdSven-Erik Ricksten

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

Inhalation of prostacyclin attenuates the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance in patients undergoing cemented hip hemiarthroplasty and could potentially attenuate/prevent haemodynamic instability induced by an increase in right ventricular afterload seen in this procedure.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
total knee arthroplasty
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
patients undergoing
total hip
hip fracture
cystic fibrosis
open label
minimally invasive
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial