Research Article

Endobronchial Perfluorocarbon Reduces Inflammatory Activity before and after Lung Transplantation in an Animal Experimental Model

Table 1

Hemodynamics and gas exchange in the transplantation groups.

GroupsMAP PaO2 PaCO2
InitialFinalInitialFinalInitialFinal

LTx 0.227 0.691 0.887
LTx/PFC 0.10 0.579 0.382

Values are means ± standard deviation.
LTx: lung transplant (control); LTx/PFC: lung transplant + perfluorocarbon; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PaCO2: partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide; PaO2: partial pressure of arterial oxygen.