title: Blood substitutes for transfusion.
abstract: Faced with an increased demand for blood products and a stable donor pool, different companies have developed products for oxygen carrying from hemoglobin, to fluorocarbon based compounds (the latter based on Teflon like products). There are several difficulties in showing efficacy of these compounds, and the reasons are discussed. In addition, various strategies for production of oxygen-carrying blood substitutes (OCBS) are noted as well as other applications for these compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D005466:Fluorocarbons