Inhaled nitric oxide as adjunctive therapy for severe malaria: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Malar J on October 29, 2015

Authors

Michael T Hawkes1, Andrea L Conroy2, Robert O Opoka3, Laura Hermann4, Kevin E Thorpe5, Chloe McDonald6, Hani Kim7, Sarah Higgins8, Sophie Namasopo9, Chandy John10, Chris Miller11, W Conrad Liles12, Kevin C Kain13

Author Affiliations

1: 3-588D Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, 11405 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada. mthawkes@utoronto.ca.
2: Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, MaRS Centre, University of Toronto, 101 College St TMDT 10-360A, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada. andrea.conroy@gmail.com.
3: Global Health Uganda, Upper Paediatrics Office, Mulago Hospital, PO Box 33842, Plot 138, Upper Mawanda Road, Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda. opokabob@yahoo.com.
4: Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, MaRS Centre, University of Toronto, 101 College St TMDT 10-360A, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada. laura.hermann@afrims.org.
5: Applied Health Research Centre, St Michael's Hospital, 250 Yonge St, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada. kevin.thorpe@utoronto.ca.
6: Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, MaRS Centre, University of Toronto, 101 College St TMDT 10-360A, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada. chloe.mcdonald@mail.utoronto.ca.
7: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, International Vaccine Access Center, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. hanireally@gmail.com.
8: Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, MaRS Centre, University of Toronto, 101 College St TMDT 10-360A, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada. sarah.higgins@mail.utoronto.ca.
9: Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Plot 7, Nalufenya Road, Jinja, Uganda. somnamasopo@yahoo.com.
10: Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, 702 Barnhill Dr, Room 5900, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. chjohn@iu.edu.
11: Division of Infectious Disease, University of British Columbia, Rm D433, HP East, Vancouver Hospital, 2733 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z-3J5, Canada. miller42@mail.ubc.ca.
12: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, HSB RR-511, Box 356420, Seattle, WA, 98195-6420, USA. wcliles@medicine.washington.edu.
13: Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, MaRS Centre, University of Toronto, 101 College St TMDT 10-360A, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada. kevin.kain@uhn.ca.

Associated clinical trials:

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Adjunctive Therapy of Severe Malaria: a Randomized Controlled Trial | NCT01255215

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