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VOLUME EXPANDER [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
OBS

The ideal blood substitute continues to be elusive. An oxygen-carrying volume expander ideally must lack antigenicity so that it can be administered unmatched without the fear of immune reactions.

CONT

Hextend [R] [is] a synthetic blood plasma volume expander to be used during major elective surgeries such as orthopedic, urologic, and GI [Gastrointestinal] procedures to prevent hypovolemia, in which extensive blood loss results in diminished blood flow to the body's organs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
CONT

Le but du remplissage vasculaire est la correction du déficit volémique, absolu ou relatif par l'administration d'un soluté de remplissage. [...] Il existe deux grandes catégories de produits de remplissage : les cristalloïdes dont l'effet est lié à leur osmolalité et les colloïdes dont l'effet est lié essentiellement à leur pouvoir oncotique.

Spanish

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