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| LIQUID VENTILATION IN ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND FULL-TERM NEONATES |
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| Author(s): HIRSCHL RB, PRANIKOFF T, GAUGER P, SCHREINER RJ, DECHERT R, BARTLETT RH |
| Source: LANCET Volume: 346 Issue: 8984 Pages: 1201-1202 Published: NOV 4 1995 |
| Times Cited: 139 References: 8 |
| Abstract: We evaluated the safety and efficacy of partial liquid ventilation in a series of 19 adults, children, and neonates who were in respiratory failure and on extracorporeal life support. During partial liquid ventilation, the alveolar-arterial oxygen difference decreased from 590 (SE 25) to 471 (42) mm Hg (p=0 . 0002) and static pulmonary compliance increased from 0 . 18 (0 . 04) to 0 . 29 (0 . 04) mL cm H2O-1 kg(-1) (p=0 . 0002). 11 patients (58%) survived. These preliminary data suggest that partial liquid ventilation can be safely used in patients with severe respiratory failure and may improve lung function. |
| Document Type: Note |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. UNIV MICHIGAN, DEPT SURG, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA |
| Publisher: LANCET LTD, 42 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND WC1B 3SL |
| Subject Category: Medicine, General & Internal |
| IDS Number: TC976 |
| ISSN: 0099-5355 |
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