"Blood Substitutes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that are used in place of blood, for example, as an alternative to BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS after blood loss to restore BLOOD VOLUME and oxygen-carrying capacity to the blood circulation, or to perfuse isolated organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D001802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.502.140 J01.637.087.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Substitutes- Blood Substitutes
- Blood Substitute
- Substitute, Blood
- Substitutes, Blood
- Artificial Blood
- Artificial Bloods
- Bloods, Artificial
- Blood, Artificial
Artificial Erythrocytes- Artificial Erythrocytes
- Artificial Erythrocyte
- Erythrocyte, Artificial
- Erythrocytes, Artificial
- Red Cell Substitutes
- Cell Substitute, Red
- Cell Substitutes, Red
- Red Cell Substitute
- Substitute, Red Cell
- Substitutes, Red Cell
- Erythrocyte Substitutes
- Erythrocyte Substitute
- Substitute, Erythrocyte
- Substitutes, Erythrocyte
Artificial Hemoglobin- Artificial Hemoglobin
- Artificial Hemoglobins
- Hemoglobin, Artificial
- Hemoglobins, Artificial
- Hemoglobin Substitutes
- Hemoglobin Substitute
- Substitute, Hemoglobin
- Substitutes, Hemoglobin
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Substitutes" by people in Profiles.
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Case scenario: amniotic fluid embolism. Anesthesiology. 2012 Jan; 116(1):186-92.
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Blood administration, risks, and substitutes. Adv Surg. 1995; 28:71-92.
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Perfluorocarbons as blood substitutes: the early years. Experience with Fluosol DA-20% in the 1980s. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 1994; 22(4):955-63.
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Is hemoglobin level alone a reliable predictor of outcome in the severely anemic surgical patient? Am Surg. 1992 Feb; 58(2):92-5.
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Fluosol DA-20% in treatment of severe anemia: ongoing studies in 52 patients. Biomater Artif Cells Immobilization Biotechnol. 1992; 20(2-4):1069.
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Fluosol DA-20 in the treatment of severe anemia: randomized, controlled study of 46 patients. Crit Care Med. 1990 Nov; 18(11):1227-30.
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Exchange transfusions in rats with a perfluorated blood substitute: effect on thromboxane B2 levels during endotoxemia. Circ Shock. 1985; 15(3):193-204.