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- From: prange@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Henry Prange)
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- Subject: Re: Oxigenated water breathable?
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:37:59 GMT
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- If the partial pressure of O2 is high enough to allow the water to contain
- enough dissolved O2 and if the water has the right ionic and osmotic balance,
- it works. The problem comes on revovery. Aqueous fluids tend to wash out the
- surfactant in the alveoli and air breathing becomes very difficult due to
- collapse. There have been many experiments with flourocarbon fluids that have
- a higher solubility for O2 than water.
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- If you really want the references on this subject, I am sure I can find them.
- The original research was done some years ago.
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- Henry Prange
- Physiology Section, Medical Sciences Program
- Indiana University School of Medicine
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