Perfluorochemical ”red blood cell substitutes”: the continued search for an indication. [Editorial]
The author criticizes, quite rightly and not without reason, the study by Spahn et al. on a number of issues. However, he recognizes that, at the end of the day, […]
A second-generation blood substitute (perflubron emulsion) increases the blood solubility of modern volatile anesthetics in vitro.
This article describes the blood solubility of isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane in blood containing increasing concentrations of Perflubron emulsion (within the expected clinical concentration and twice that). While the blood/gas […]