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. 2009 Feb 6;2:9–16.

Table 3.

Stratified list of researched pharmaco-intervention to the etiology of inhalation injury

Promising experimental results
Anti-oxidants Beta 2 – agonists
Leukotriene inhibitors Aerosolised tissue plasminogen activator
Nebulised heparin ± Acetylcystine Recombinant anti-thrombin
Nitric oxide inhibition Nebulised dimethylsulfoxide
Deferoxamine-pentastarch aerosol Antioxidant lazaroids
Vitamin E NSAIDs; ketorolac
Mixed experimental results
Parenteral heparin Inhaled detergent/surfactant
Anti-adhesion (selectin) molecules NSAIDs (indomethacin, ibuprofen)
Experimental results showing no benefit or adverse outcomes
Corticosteroids Allopurinol
Manganese superoxide dismutase