title: [Use of chitosan in medicine and biomedical engineering].
abstract: Applicability of different forms of chitosan in medicine and biomedical engineering has been discussed on the basis of a literature survey. Attention was paid to the use of chitosan as a drug carrier and as a pharmacological agent in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Suitability of the polymer was proved in the process of blood purification (LDL-apheresis, haemoperfusion, dialysis) and wound healing (dressings). A possibility of using it in biohybrid artificial organs and as athrombogenic surfaces was also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Wydział Inzynierii Procesowej i Ochrony Srodowiska, Politechnika Łódzka.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zarzycki
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Modrzejewska
mesh_terms: D001187:Artificial Organs; D001458:Bandages; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000379:methods; D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002686:Chitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D048271:Chitosan; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D011044:Poland; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan