Liquid ventilation.

dc.contributor.authorSehgal, Arvinden_US
dc.contributor.authorGuaran, Roberten_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-19en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T10:11:54Z
dc.date.available2005-07-19en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T10:11:54Z
dc.date.issued2005-07-19en_US
dc.description23 references.en_US
dc.description.abstractRespiratory diseases are the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in newborn babies. During the past few years several new modalities of treatment like surfactant have been introduced. One of them, and probably the most fascinating, is of liquid ventilation. Partial liquid ventilation, on which much of the existing research has concentrated, requires partial filling of lungs with perfluorocarbons (PFC's) and ventilation with gas tidal volumes using a conventional mechanical ventilators. Various physico-chemical properties of PFC's make them the ideal media. It results in a dramatic improvement in lung compliance and oxygenation and decline in mean airway pressure and oxygen requirements. It shows further promise for lung lavaging procedures, pulmonary image enhancement, pulmonary administration of drugs and as a technique to increase functional residual capacity in lung hypoplasia syndromes. There are no long-term side effect reported.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Neonatal Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. jyotiarvind@hotmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationSehgal A, Guaran R. Liquid ventilation. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences. 2005 Jul-Sep; 47(3): 187-92en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/29341
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/iae/iaem.shtmlen_US
dc.subject.meshFluorocarbons --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshLiquid Ventilation --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshLung Complianceen_US
dc.subject.meshOxygen --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshRespiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn --therapyen_US
dc.titleLiquid ventilation.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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