Liquid ventilation with perflubron in the treatment of rats with pneumococcal pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of liquid ventilation using a medical-grade perfluorocarbon (perflubron) combined with parenteral or intratracheal antibiotics in a rat model of pneumonia. DESIGN: Prospective, laboratory investigation. SETTING: Experimental laboratory in a university medical ce...

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Main Authors: Dickson, E, Heard, S, Tarara, T, Weers, J, Brueggemann, A, Doern, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002