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    Recent Advances in the Preparation and Use of Perfluorodecalin Emulsions for Tissue Perfusion

    At the present time there are no perfusion media, aside from those containing red blood cells, which carry sufficient oxygen to maintain organs having a high QO2. Resort is made to hypothermia, hyperbaria, and pe...

    Leland C. Clark Jr., Samuel Kaplan, Fernando Becattini in Oxygen Transport to Tissue (1973)

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    Fluorocarbon Emulsions as a Blood Substitute

    In 1966 CLARK discovered that animals breathing certain perfluorinated liquids can transfer enough oxygen and carbon dioxide to sustain life [Science 152: 1755, 1966]. This suggested that these liquids may serve ...

    Leland C Clark Jr., Samuel Kaplan, Fernando Becattini in Pediatric Research (1970)