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Published on: May 4, 2011
Blood Substitutes and Oxygen Therapeutics: A Review
Jonathan S Jahr1, Nicole R Guinn2, David R Lowery3,4
1From the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Abstract:
Despite the exhaustive search for an acceptable substitute to erythrocyte transfusion, neither chemical-based products such as perfluorocarbons nor hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers have succeeded in providing a reasonable alternative to allogeneic blood transfusion. However, there remain scenarios in which blood transfusion is not an option, due to patient's religious beliefs, inability to find adequately cross-matched erythrocytes, or in remote locations. In these situations, artificial oxygen carriers may provide a mortality benefit for patients with severe, life-threatening anemia. This article provides an up-to-date review of the history and development, clinical trials, new technology, and current standing of artificial oxygen carriers as an alternative to transfusion when blood is not an option.
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