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Plasma Substitutes

Known as: Blood plasma substitutes, blood/plasma substitute, Plasma Volume Expanders 
Any liquid used to replace blood plasma, usually a saline solution, often with serum albumins, dextrans or other preparations. These substances do… 
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Artificial HemoglobinBlood Substitutesaspects of radiation effectschemical synthesis

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BiomaterialsHematologic Agents

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DextransFluosolHydroxyethyl Starch DerivativesPolygeline

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Amphiphilic starlike dextran wrapped superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle clsuters as effective magnetic resonance imaging probes.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Preferred plasma volume expanders for critically ill patients: results of an international survey
ObjectiveCriteria for plasma volume expander selection in critically ill patients remain controversial. This study evaluated… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Kinetics of Isotonic and Hypertonic Plasma Volume Expanders
Background Major differences in plasma volume expansion between infusion fluids are fairly well known, but there is a lack of… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Orthostatic Hypotension in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Orthostatic hypotension is common in elderly patients, and is now considered to be an important prognostic factor for cognitive… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Voluven®, a Lower Substituted Novel Hydroxyethyl Starch (HES 130/0.4), Causes Fewer Effects on Coagulation in Major Orthopedic Surgery than HES 200/0.5
Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions are effective plasma volume expanders. Impairment of coagulation occurs with large HES… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reduced quality of clot formation with gelatin-based plasma substitutes.
We have studied, over a wide range of dilutions using techniques of clot weight, thrombelastography and scanning electron… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effect of patency of the ductus arteriosus on blood pressure in very preterm infants.
Forty one preterm infants (birth weight < 1500 g) were studied by daily Doppler echocardiography for the first week of life to… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Synthetic plasma volume expanders--their pharmacology, safety and clinical efficacy.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Vasoconstrictor hyperresponsiveness: an early pathogenic mechanism in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Plasma volume changes after infusion of various plasma expanders.
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