Prolonged partial liquid ventilation using conventional and high-frequency ventilatory techniques

Abstract

In this animal model, partial liquid ventilation using conventional or high-frequency ventilation provided rapid and sustained improvements in oxygenation without adverse hemodynamic consequences. Animals treated with partial liquid ventilation-flow interruption had a significantly decreased survival rate vs. animals treated with the other studied techniques. Histopathologic and morphometric analysis showed significantly less injury in the lower lobes of lungs from animals treated with partial liquid ventilation. High-frequency ventilation techniques did not further improve pathologic outcome.