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Fluosol-DA 20% supplements oxygen transport in anemia, but clinical efficacy remains unproven in controlled trials.
Perfluorochemical liquids are inert, immiscible in water, and have approximately 20 times the solubility for oxygen and carbon dioxide as does water. When emulsified in a normal saline solution, they can act as an oxygen-transporting resuscitation fluid. Fluosol-DA 20% is the first perfluorochemical emulsion to be studied clinically. It can supplement oxygen transport in anemic patients, but no control study has as yet determined its clinical effectiveness.
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Tremper et al. (1985) conducted a review in Anemia. Fluosol-DA 20% was evaluated. Fluosol-DA 20% can supplement oxygen transport in anemic patients, but no controlled study has yet determined its clinical effectiveness.
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