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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: However, in the perfluorocarbon-associated gas exchange group, within 5 mins of the initiation of perfluorocarbon-associated gas exchange, mean PaO2 increased four-fold, from 59 + / - 6 torr (7. 9 + / - 0. 8 kPa) during conventional ventilation to 250 + / - 28 torr (33. 3 + / - 3. 7 kPa ; p <. 05) during perfluorocarbon-associated gas exchange, and this increase was sustained at 60 mins of perfluorocarbon-associated gas exchange (268 + / - 38 torr ; 35. 7 + / - 5. 1 kPa ; p <. 05).