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The New York Times May 14, 2021

Breathing Through the Rectum Saves Oxygen-Starved Mice and Pigs (Published 2021)

by Elizabeth Preston

Japanese scientists who studied an unusual method of delivering oxygen in mammals hope to one day try it in people.

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Use of perflubron emulsion to decrease allogeneic blood transfusion in high-blood-loss non-cardiac surgery: results of a European phase 3 study

DR Spahn et al

Augmented acute normovolemic hemodilution with PFC reduces transfusion needs in patients undergoing noncardiac surgical procedures with blood loss 20 ml/kg or greater. …

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