title: Red blood cell substitutes.
abstract: Insufficient supply and risks of homologous blood transfusions have driven the quest for a red blood cell substitute. The recent development of a red blood cell substitute has focused on hemoglobin solutions. The clinical indications for use of a red blood cell substitute in veterinary medicine include blood loss caused by trauma, surgery, or medical causes and other acute anemias. Such a substitute also may have an adjunctive role in radiation treatment and chemotherapy.
authors: Biopure Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
authors: V T
authors: VT
authors: Rentko
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001802:Blood Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012996:Solutions