Patent ID: 11931377
Assignee: MALLINCKRODT HOSPITAL PRODUCTS IP LIMITED
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  G  F | IPC A  G

Claim 36:
37. A method for treating a neonate patient with hypoxic respiratory failure associated with clinical or echocardiographic evidence of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, wherein the patient is not dependent on right-to-left shunting of blood, the method comprising:
determining whether the patient has pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction, and
(a) if the patient does not have pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction, administering to the patient 20 ppm inhaled nitric oxide and supplemental oxygen for a length of time sufficient to increase PaO2 in the patient by dilating pulmonary vessels, and
(b) if the patient does have pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction, administering inhaled supplemental oxygen to the patient and excluding the patient from treatment with inhaled nitric oxide.