PFC are carbonfluorine compounds characterised by a high gas-dissolving capacity, low viscosity, and chemical and biological inertness. Manufacturing an emulsion with very specific characteristics is a great technologic challenge. After intravenous application, the droplets of the emulsion are being taken up by the reticular-endothelial system, droplets are slowly broken down, the PFC molecules are being taken up in the blood again and transported to the lungs, where the unaltered PFC molecules are finally excreted via exhalation. The ability of PFC emulsions to transport and efficiently unload O2 is undisputed. With the application of perflubron emulsion, cardiac output tender to increase.

saturation – насыщение гемоглобина кислородом

emulsion – эмульсия

oxygen – кислород

solution – раствор

O2 transport – транспорт кислорода

tissure oxygenation – оксигенация тканей

physiological – физиологический