Journal of pediatric surgery
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Pulmonary injury from mechanical ventilation has been attributed to application of excess alveolar pressure (barotrauma) or volume (volutrauma). The authors questioned whether partial liquid ventilation (gas ventilation of the perfluorocarbon filled lung, PLV) would reduce ventilator-induced lung injury. ⋯ (125)I-BSA leak produced during high-pressure or high-volume mechanical ventilation is reduced by partial liquid ventilation.