INTRATRACHEAL PERFLUOROCARBON ADMINISTRATION COMBINED WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN EXPERIMENTAL RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS SYNDROME - DOSE-DEPENDENT IMPROVEMENT OF GAS-EXCHANGE

Abstract

Objectives: To test the efficacy of intratracheal instillation of a perfluorocarbon, combined with conventional mechanical ventilation, as well as to establish the dose response of this application on pulmonary parameters in adult animals with acute respiratory failure.