perflubron

per·flu·bron

(per-flū'bron), Generic name for perfluorooctyl bromide.

perflubron

LiquiVent® Neonatology A highly oxygenated perfluorocarbon liquid intrapulmonary ventilating agent, used in neonates with severe RDS and adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, which may prevent O2 toxicity, ↓ barotrauma due to improved dynamic compliance, ↑ oxygenation. See Liquid ventilation, Respiratory distress syndrome.