Does bronchoscopic lavage with perfluorocarbon decrease postprocedure hypoxemia in an ovine model of smoke inhalation?
These findings indicate that perfluorocarbons attenuate the transient hypoxemia associated with saline bronchoscopic lavage and thus may be considered safer for patients with acute lung injury.
Iron chelators with high affinities for iron, which are under development for the treatment of iron overload, could contribute to the reduction of HIV-1 replication in infected patients by cellular proliferation inhibition rather than by a direct antiviral action.