The effect of the therapy on acute high altitude disease by inhaling nitrogen monoxidum air balanced in plateau / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of the therapy using NO with plateau air balance on acute high altitude disease.Methods Forty-seven acute high altitude disease patients were selected and divided into two groups randomly twenty-three cases as a routine drug treatment group which used the protocol of inhaling oxygen and the drugs including Aminophylline,DEX and Frusemide,while twenty-four cases as a NO treatment group which only used the protocol of inhaling 0.001% NO gas air balanced in plateau(altitude 3,658 m)twice daily,an hour each.Observe the two groups' clinical symptoms,physical signs and clinical symptom's scores before and after the three day treatment.Results The clinical symptoms,physical signs and clinical symptom's scores of the two groups after the three day treatment improved significantly.The effect of the NO treatment group was more significant(the drug group P