Bratisl Med J
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Acute respiratory failure represents life-threatening disease with persistently marked mortality and late morbidity in pre-term newborns (RDS--respiratory distress syndrome), children as well as, adults (ARDS--acute respiratory distress syndrome). We are probably in the period when better understanding of pulmonary pathophysiology enables the development of new technologies that can help in decreasing the morbidity and mortality of patients with respiratory failure. One of these unconventional methods is partial liquid ventilation (PLV). ⋯ Partial liquid ventilation is an effective method for controlling ARDS in certain groups of patients with severe lung disease. (Tab. 4, Ref. 15.)