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==Overview==
==Overview==
'''Perflubron''' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]/[[United States Adopted Name|USAN]], or '''perfluorooctyl bromide'''; brand name '''Imagent''') is a [[contrast medium]] for [[magnetic resonance imaging]], [[computer tomography]] and [[sonography]].<ref>{{cite pmid|2643258}}</ref> It was approved for this use in the United States by the [[Food and Drug Administration]] in 1993.<ref>[http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseaction=Search.DrugDetails FDA Approved Drug Products]</ref>
'''Perflubron''' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]/[[United States Adopted Name|USAN]], or '''perfluorooctyl bromide'''; brand name '''Imagent''') is a [[contrast medium]] for [[magnetic resonance imaging]], [[computer tomography]] and [[sonography]].It was approved for this use in the United States by the [[Food and Drug Administration]] in 1993.
 
==Experimental research==
==Experimental research==
Perflubron has also been tested experimentally for use in [[liquid breathing]] in premature infants with respiratory distress.
Perflubron has also been tested experimentally for use in [[liquid breathing]] in premature infants with respiratory distress.
:''See also [[Liquid breathing#Medical treatment]] for more information on this potential application.''
[[File:Molecular ball-and-stick model of Perflubron, overlayed with electron-denisty coded VdW model.png|thumb|This molecular model of Perflubron is color-coded by electron density to illustrate the positive polarisation of the large bromine atom by the inductively electron-withdrawing perfluorooctyl chain.]]


[[File:Molecular ball-and-stick model of Perflubron, overlayed with electron-denisty coded VdW model.png|none|left|300px]]
==References==
==References==
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Perflubron
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8BrF17
Molar mass498.96 g/mol
3D model (JSmol)
Density1.93 g/cm3
Melting point6 °C (42.8 °F)
Boiling point142 °C (287.6 °F)

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Perflubron (INN/USAN, or perfluorooctyl bromide; brand name Imagent) is a contrast medium for magnetic resonance imaging, computer tomography and sonography.It was approved for this use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993.

Experimental research

Perflubron has also been tested experimentally for use in liquid breathing in premature infants with respiratory distress.

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