Perfluorochemical emulsion oxygen transport fluids: a clinical review.

Perfluorochemical liquids are inert, immiscible in water, and have ap­ proximately 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-transport ing resuscitation 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.