[Liquid ventilation: a new mode of ventilation in neonatology?].
Liquid ventilation is based on perfluorocarbons capacity to transport O2 and CO2. Almost 30 years of experimental studies have shown its feasibility and high performances. Results of the first clinical applications in severe neonatal respiratory failure are encouraging. Results of larger randomized and controlled studies, actually in preparation, are awaited with interest.
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Service de réanimation néonatale, maternité régionale universitaire, Nancy, France.
D000818:Animals; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*
D005466:Fluorocarbons
La ventilation liquide: nouveau mode de ventilation en néonatologie?