Liquid ventilation: current status.

نویسندگان

  • T H Shaffer
  • M R Wolfson
  • J S Greenspan
چکیده

1. List the potential medical applications of liquid-assisted ventilation (LAV). 2. Describe the properties of perfluorochemical liquids that are important for their use in liquid ventilation. 3. Describe the potential benefits of LAV in respiratory distress syndrome, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and aspiration syndromes. 4. Delineate specific nonrespiratory applications of LAV.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pediatrics in review

دوره 20 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999