Nature Medicine
2, 1195 - 1196 (1996)
doi:10.1038/nm1196-1195
A liquid panacea for failing lungs?Ronald B. HirschilDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0245, USA Partial liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbons has clinical potential for improving lung function in patients with respiratory failure. REFERENCES
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