USE OF INHALED NO AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT

摘要

A method for lessening or preventing non-pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion inju ry or inflammation in a mammal by identifying a mammal which has ischemia-reperfusion or is at risk for developing ischemia- reperfusion in a non-pulmonary tissue; and causing the mammal to inhale a therapeutically effective amount of gaseous nitric oxide sufficient to diminish the ability of leukocytes or platelets to become activated in a manner that contributes to an inflammatory process at the site of the ischemia-reperfusion or inflammation in the non-pulmonary tissue, thereby lessening or preventing non-pulmonary ischemia - reperfusion injury in the mammal.