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Intravenous fluids that have the ability to carry oxygen. Sometimes referred to as "oxygen-carrying blood substitutes." Now in clinical trials. PFCs are compounds consisting principally of carbon and fluorine atoms PFCs are biologically inert (non-reactive) and chemically stable PFCs can easily dissolve and unload gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. (Note: There are also other types of oxygen-carrying blood substitutes under development, including recombinant hemoglobin.) The performance of bloodless medicine and surgery is not dependent on "blood substitutes."