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Physiological Evaluation of Fluorocarbon Emulsions with Notes on F-Decalin and Pulmonary Inflation in the Rabbit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Leland C. Clark Jr.
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Department of Neurophysiology, Elland and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinnati, OH 45229-2899
Richard E. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Department of Neurophysiology, Elland and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinnati, OH 45229-2899
Robert B. Spokane
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Department of Neurophysiology, Elland and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinnati, OH 45229-2899
Pat E. Winston
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Department of Neurophysiology, Elland and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinnati, OH 45229-2899
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Abstract

Continuing refinement of fluorocarbon blood substitutes depends upon perfection and application of methods to monitor oxygen transport in living animals. Methods involving chronic catheterization, electrode implantation and tissue sampling yield valuable basic information in animal experiments. The importance of blood lactate in assessing the adequacy of fluorocarbon oxygen transport is reported here. The preliminary observation of microbubble blockade in the pulmonary capillaries in rabbits receiving F-decalin (PP5) emulsion, resulting in lungs which remain noncollapsible for at least 79 days is also reported.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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