| Literature DB >> 25871869 |
Amy G Tsai1, Beatriz Y Salazar Vázquez, Axel Hofmann, Seetharama A Acharya, Marcos Intaglietta.
Abstract
Oxygen delivery capacity during profoundly anemic conditions depends on blood's oxygen-carrying capacity and cardiac output. Oxygen-carrying blood substitutes and blood transfusion augment oxygen-carrying capacity, but both have given rise to safety concerns, and their efficacy remains unresolved. Anemia decreases oxygen-carrying capacity and blood viscosity. Present studies show that correcting the decrease of blood viscosity by increasing plasma viscosity with newly developed plasma expanders significantly improves tissue perfusion. These new plasma expanders promote tissue perfusion, increasing oxygen delivery capacity without increasing blood oxygen-carrying capacity, thus treating the effects of anemia while avoiding the transfusion of blood.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25871869 PMCID: PMC5608479 DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infus Nurs ISSN: 1533-1458