Blood substitutes: Fluids, drugs, or miracle solutions?

Niki M. Dietz, Michael J. Joyner, Mark A. Warner

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Abstract

Oxygen-carrying volume-expanding solutions that can sustain life in the absence of red blood cells have been developed. Concerns about side effects, sources of hemoglobin, and the ultimate demonstration of efficacy will have to be satisfactorily addressed before anesthesiologists routinely administer such solutions in place of red cells during surgery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)390-405
Number of pages16
JournalAnesthesia and analgesia
Volume82
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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